Are You Being Yourself?

It’s always good to be yourself and not desire to be somebody else. When you copy other people, you are not being yourself. When you copy other people’s way of living, you are not being yourself. When you want to be like the Jones’, you are not being yourself. You are unique and original but you cannot see this because you are not looking at yourself, you are busy looking at other people, wanting to be like them. Take the courage to look at yourself. If you take the time to concentrate for a moment and appreciate the beauty of being you, you will realise that you are not what you think you are right now. Thinking you are not good enough is not being yourself, looking at others and being jealous of them, is not being yourself. Being self-critical and not appreciating how you look is not being yourself. Are you being yourself? Other people’s opinion of you does not determine who you are or what you will become. Your opinion of yourself determines who you are and what you will become. Believe in yourself, appreciate yourself, don’t criticise and knock yourself. Be confident in yourself. Don’t abuse yourself. You are being yourself when you learn to appreciate that God has made you the way you are for a reason. You are being yourself when you can look in the mirror and see yourself as beautiful and not ugly. You are being yourself when you are content with who you are and not what others think you are. Be yourself. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What are you beholding today, yourself or other people? I encourage you today, please be yourself.

(Written by Ladé, 2008 © All rights reserved.)