Be Your Self

     It's probably pretty cheesy and cliche' to you when you hear "Be your self!"  But it really is true.  How many of you have changed everything about you self to make someone else happy?  I know I have.
     I've just recently started to take time to get to know my self.  But how is it that I don't know my self?  You would be surprised.  When I was younger I was a completely different person than I am now.  I love dark, scary things.  I watched gory horror movies and did research about murderers.  I would listen to depressing music and mope around with my headphones in all day.  Now, I'm the opposite.  I try to surround my self with beautiful things, I love to dress in dresses and light colors, and I take pride in my self.  And when I say pride, I don't mean arrogance.  Pride and arrogance are two different things.  But I am a much happier person for it.
     A lot of the time I can criticized for what I do, what I watch, what I wear... Pretty  much everything.  And yes, it makes me feel like complete shit!  (Excuse my language)  But instead of focusing on it, I try not to care.  But that's my biggest down fall.  I'm too  nice for my own good.  My parents always ask me, "Why do you put up with these people?"  To tell the truth, I can't answer that question.  I guess in my mind, I rather be treated badly than someone else.  I guess what I'm trying to say is don't let people influence you.  I've done that my whole life and now I have to un-learn how to do it.  Be nice to people and help them out.  But when it starts to effect your health, physically, mentally and emotionally, that's when you need to forget about other people and take care of your self.  The worst thing I've done is neglect my self worrying about other people.  And I still do it!
     Let's look at it from different perspective.  Millionaires hang out with millionaires, athletes hang out with athletes, and criminals hang out with criminals.  See the pattern?  So if you hang out with dead beat, arrogant, rude people what does that say about you?  Choose your friends and be who you are.  Don't let them choose you and change you!




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