It’s crazy how we sometimes bend ourselves backwards trying to get people to like us.
We change ourselves. We mold ourselves. And we try to accept ourselves into becoming who the people around us tell us that we should be. And in cases in which don’t want to change, we are quick to defend who we are. It’s almost like we are actually trying to internally justify it to ourselves.
But the reality is, we never owe anyone an explanation for who we are. We don’t owe it to the world. We don’t owe it to our friends, loved ones, you name it. Instead, we should have the freedom to be who we want to be.
Our society’s misperception is that we have to constantly defend ourselves, plead our case as to why we are the way that we are. But I honestly could care less at this point in my life about what other people think.
I am who I am. Take it or leave it.
When I tried to be who and what everyone wanted me to be (guys I dated included), I was so unhappy with myself. I felt like a caged bird just waiting to be free. Unfortunately, I kept having this perception that in order to be liked, I had to be a certain way. That was twisted.
Deciding to become who I wanted to be and realizing that I didn’t need to “explain” to people the reasons the most freeing thing of my twentysomething life. I was free to make my own decisions, own my personality, own my outfits, and own who it was that I wanted to be.
Yeah, I know that becoming an adult also means that you find yourself and who you are. However, I think it also comes down to deciding what you will and will not tolerate. Therefore, I will no longer tolerate feeling like I owe the world an explanation for why I am the way that I am.
We never should. You never should.
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