We are not who we think we are

We are not what we think we are

For the most part, with a few exceptions, we are, what we think other people think we are

We are other peoples opinions of us

We are what our parents told us to be

We are what our teachers told us we could/couldn't do

We are all those ideas that fell by the wayside because we were mocked or ridiculed by the others, for even daring to think that we were different

Well I am here to tell each and every one of you, that you ARE different - you are not just what other people told you to be, you are so much more than that!!

Every one of us came into this world with our own trail to blaze, we didn't come to ask for permission to be who we really are, we didn't come to seek other people's approval before being ourselves, and we certainly didn't come to get everyones opinion about what suits them best. I mean, can you even imagine - that person wants one thing from you, that person wants something else, and as for that person, you can't jump through enough hoops to please them! So why would you even bother to try, it's impossible, and I might add, extremely confusing. So when you really think about it, instead of trying to please everyone else, the only thing that makes any sense at all, is to please yourself. Yes you'll get judged, but they were judging you anyway, yes you'll be condoned, but they were condoning you anyway. And you know whats really interesting about doing whats right for you, eventually you will get stable in your uniqueness, and people will no longer judge or condone you, because when you start to believe in yourself, other people can only respond to the signal that you are sending out, and they will begin to believe in you too.