It all happened few days ago, when I found out that people whom I considered "friends" were, in reality, talking behind my back and saying mean things about me. This really hurt me, not because there are people who hate me, but because all this while they were pretending to be nice when they are not. I would feel better if they said it right in front of my face.

I was also upset thinking that many of my friends may not be genuine. By having friends who pretend to be supportive, but in reality they were talking behind my back.

It took me a while, but I realized that this world isn't a very good place. Not everyone here is like me. There are a lot of hypocrites in this world, and sadly we can't do anything about it.

This is something I'd like to say to all these people who have gone through the same thing. I realized that people talk behind our backs because they don't feel good about themselves. They feel like they have nothing to do. By talking behind and pretending to be nice, they feel they are so smart and they are doing an amazing thing. They don't realize that they are just doing themselves a disservice.

When someone doesn't like something about us, it means that we are unique and different. We need to think that we have a great quality. We need to think that we are way above them, because that is the truth. People will hate, because that's what they do, but that shouldn't bring us down.

Going through a difficult time, I started thinking and realized that family and friends will not always be with you. What we really need is ourselves! We need to make ourselves stronger and more confident. You have a lot of amazing qualities within you. You must learn to appreciate yourself. You must learn to be more confident and accepting. We must learn to depend on ourselves more than others. We need to be independent. This makes us stronger. People will say a lot of things, or even leave us, but we should keep doing our thing, because we are special. By doing this, no negativity can bother us.

A message to all the people who talked behind my back, I would always say the same thing, try to be more loving and accepting. Everyone is special in a way. If you can't do that, at least don't pretend to be someone you are not. Pretending to be nice while being hateful doesn't do you any good. Not only you are hurting others, but you are hurting yourself, too. And if you don't want to do that, then I am just going to ignore you, and I won't be upset doing that. Instead, you are going to lose someone valuable.

So if someone leaves you, or is being mean to you, all you need to do is believe in yourself. Try to be your own best friend. In reality, we are all we have. Sad but true.

So remember "You are your own best friend.. Believe in yourself."