Be Yourself

I think one of the best advice that anyone can give someone is this, “Be yourself”.

In our social life, we all wear masks of one kind or another, and we are often not the person that we truly are.

Someone once said, "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be."

Another said, "We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin." True or not?

So when we hear the advice, "Be yourself", it jolts us back to reality as the pressure to pretend slowly loses its grip on us.

It actually makes you feel good, for when you are really you, I think what you say and what you do will make a greater impact on others than if it was said or done from behind a mask.

But "originality" or "be yourself" is often so hard to be or do.

It actually takes a lot of courage to grow up and become who you really are.

I like what this guy, James Thurber said. He had said:

"All men should strive
to learn before they die
what they are running from, and to, and why."

You know to some people, if they truly knew themselves, they might run away!

Well, I hope that trying to define yourself is not like trying to bite your own teeth, is it?

I think it's a helluva challenge, trying to recognise what actually makes you or me tick the way we do.

But if you haven't found it, don't give up trying.

An old adage says, "Everyone of us has in him a continent of undiscovered character. Blessed is he who acts the Columbus to his own soul."

In conclusion, I quote John Mason, "You were born an original. Don't die a copy."

Cheers!