I know that it is a topic that I have talked about in so many of my blog posts, but it deserves its own category and it is something that I will always continue to talk about since it is something that is very important to me. That would be being yourself. We are born into this world and I have to admit that sometimes it takes some time to figure out who you are. It also takes some time to figure out what you want to do. I remember a while back ago, I am pretty sure it was about a year ago, I was talking to this person who I know who said to me “You’re you.” I sat there and thought about it… I did not truly understand what this person meant. So in fact I asked them pretty much what that means. This person said “You’re you, but your personality is so much more.” In other words, you have to be yourself and your own person. You cannot lose your personality and what makes you who you are, especially to please other people. In fact, you should not be around those people if they cannot appreciate who you really are.
I am digging back into Mandy Hale, one of my many heroes, who says “Just be yourself. Let people see the real, imperfect, flawed, quirky, weird, beautiful, magical person that you are.” What Mandy is saying is that we have to be ourselves and we have to let people see who we really are, even if we have imperfections we do want them to see. We all have quirks, imperfections and things that only make us unique. You cannot be anybody else because as Oscar Wilde says…”Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.” Live in your own skin and your own body. I encourage all of my readers to be themselves. It is truly the only person we can be. Enjoy the following poem.
Be Yourself
Live in your own body and skin.
Nobody can live the life you can.
It is your blessing and your sin.
You are always better than
Those who pretend to be
Someone else. Always ban
Negative flow. Fit your key
Into you own lock and open
It wide. You are not me
Or he or she. You are not a token
In someone else’s pocket. You
Are not the words spoken
By someone else. Be true
To the person you become.
Be flawed. Be one of the rare few
Who will always come from
A deeply rooted place.
Be full with life, not just some.
Always fill in, color and trace
Your own lines. Remember
That you have your own face.
