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Be Yourself

We live in a world where everyone is trying to fit in. You try to go with the social norm to make people like you better or to make people notice you. The ones who matter will notice you regardless if you fit in with anyone else. You see these celebrities or just other people and see them as "relationship goals," "body goals," "life goals." How about you make your own realistic goals that will help you stay true to yourself? After all, everyone else is taken.

The harder you try to fit in with the latest trend or what everyone thinks is "cool" then the further you drift from the real you; and become someone you won't even recognize. If people don't like you for the way you are then those are not the people you need to surround yourself with. The people in your life should love you no matter what, you should not have to change for someone to want to be your friend or in your life in general. You were made the way you were for a reason; every part of you makes you who you are so don't change who you are for what everyone else wants you to be.

The only people you should try to be a better person for is yourself and the Lord. After all, trying to fit for everyone else's sake is not going to better you in the long run. When you stop trying to live up to all these "goals" you have in your mind the better off you will be. The goals you have are set based on pictures you have seen, however you don't know what goes on behind the scenes therefore what you see as "goals" may not be what it seems. Just because people admire others based off of their relationship or body, does not mean you need to live your life trying to become other people.

If you let others dictate the rest of your life then you will never be truly happy or truly yourself. To be your true self you must first find yourself and what makes you happy. If you let others shape you into who they think you should be, or who they want you to be then you will never actually know who you truly are on the inside. So do yourself a solid and take time to figure out who you want to be and who you are, not for anyone else though just for you because you are your own critic.

Live your life for you and the Lord. Become a better person because you want to. Change your health, your image, anything you want; not for others but for yourself. Life is about being happy and loving yourself, so make that your goal. Don't worry about what others think of you because the ones who mind don't matter and the ones who matter don't mind.

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