3/365
Day 3 of 365
I've been told to be myself for countless of times.
Everyone wants us to be ourselves until they see what lies beneath these façade.
How will we ever be comfortable with being ourselves when we get shamed for almost everything we do?
I was once made fun of when I had hair in my underarms.
My friend was once called names for wearing revealing clothes.
Someone I know was judged when she shared her past.
A guy was laughed at when he cried.
A little girl got scolded for being "unladylike".
How are we going to be ourselves when we have these unnecessary standards shoved onto our faces?
Why does the society expects us to follow what's believed to be right, when we were told to be ourselves?
Each and everyone of us are uniquely different from each other and we should learn to be okay with that! What's the point of encouraging people to be themselves if we constantly stop them from being able to do so?
So what does this questions taught me?
I've learned to not give them the power to decide what's wrong for me and what isn't. What looks great on me and what doesn't. What I can and what I can't do.
I've always loved to hear people's thoughts about me. I love that they all don't share the same impression of me, let's keep it that way.
We shouldn't let anyone decide for how we're going to live this life.
I did not spend so much time building myself just to live up to your expectations of me.
One of my main goals for this year is to stop asking validation from others.
When I learn to stop asking validation from them, this does not automatically mean that their opinion would no longer matter to me even for a bit. It will still affect me, but not to the point where I'm going to crumble.
It is okay to be affected, that's completely normal. But it will never be okay if you let other people's opinion tower over your opinion of yourself.
Being so confident that no matter how much they try to bring you down, you'd never flinch-- if that isn't a goal we all would love to achieve together, then tell me what is.
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Book Of Realizations
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