Just be yourself
By sofs
@sofssu (23660)
January 27, 2019 7:55pm CST
How often we give this simple advise 'just be yourself' to others. I often find myself telling first time speakers and those who go for interviews 'just be yourself'.
However, i guess it is the hardest thing to do today. I think people find it easier to be like their favorite stars /idols than themselves.
Somehow they fail to realize that it to be yourself is to be unique. Uniqueness is something we all admire and yet it is the simplest thing.
Every leaf is unique in its own way, every cat's meow is unique, every voice is unique.
Yet our personal uniqueness seems weird to us that we want to be clones of others.
Have you noticed this among younger people? Have you been the same way when you were younger?
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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29 Jan 19
I think when were young were more impressionable. We may emulate others we admire, or think are cooler than us. With maturity comes confidence and acceptance of yourself.
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@sofssu (23660)
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29 Jan 19
@dgobucks226 Yes, that is right but do you think that there are some who carry it beyond those impressionable years into the early adulthood and perhaps even later?
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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30 Jan 19
@sofssu Oh sure, some will never grow up and mature with age.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
28 Jan 19
I do not remember trying to copy any one or wanting to be popular.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
28 Jan 19
@sofssu Not many like me because I never pretend
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@sofssu (23660)
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28 Jan 19
@allknowing Same here , i never copied anyone even as a teenager. Maybe I never felt the need.
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@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jan 19
I always like to be just me because I know if I would pretend then after a while I would just go back to being the way I am and things could get confusing. No, what I am I am and that is it.
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@sofssu (23660)
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28 Jan 19
@RasmaSandra It is harder to pretend because you have a to live a lie.
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