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Stay True to Yourself

One day you'll look back and thank yourself

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Stay True to Yourself
Molly Kellner

Being true to yourself is the number one way to ensure your own happiness. If you allow people to change you into something that you are not, you will lose yourself. People come and go in our lives but, we never leave ourselves behind. Things change everyday and so do people but, only you can decide to change. If some one loves you or wants to be your friend they will stick with you for you. Who cares if you still love a children’s cartoon or crazy colored clothing. That is what makes you, you.

It seems so strange to think that you should follow the crowd or try to fit in. You can fit in as yourself. You may even find the people that you want in your life for a long time by being yourself. Changing yourself will only lead you to unhappiness. Sure you may lose contact with the people you changed yourself for, but I promise you it will all be worth it.

Look at yourself in the mirror and ask, “who am I really and who do I really want to be?” Whatever you feel or say is how you want to be, how you should be. It is so key to always always stay the person you are. It may be hard to do in high school. When you are young all you care about is having lots of friends and being well liked. I promise you it all fades and those people move on with their lives. You’ll hardly see most of the people you grew up with when you go away to school. In college you start with a clean slate. Make that slate a canvas of your life. Let the world see who you truly are. Be the person you are longing to be. You will be so happy.

And I promise you will find tons of new and lifelong friends. You will be so surprised at what the world as to offer when you focus more on it and not about what other people think of you.

I’m not saying drop all your friends and start over, but just take a look at yourself and make sure you are happy with you.

Your happiness should be above all other things. Go out and explore the world and do all of the things you love. I promise one day you’ll look back and be so glad that you stayed true to yourself.

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