Summary
- I hate everything about myself. Why can’t I be like other people? I often feel sad and depressed, because I wish I could have been born in a different body or be smarter or more attractive. Can I ever change? Will I ever change? I am afraid to show myself from time to time, so I became shy. Very little friends, and I want this to change.
- You don’t become happier by trying to become someone else.
- It’s easy to get caught up in the story of “I will be happy if I have _____.” Happiness feels good. It isn’t right or wrong. It is just a feeling, so don’t judge your emotions. Emotions also come and go. That’s why we watch movies, play sports, or Snapchat other people. It’s because we want a certain emotion from them. Like food makes us feel a certain way, especially fried food. Nice and crunchy! We go through life seeking happiness and pleasure. How many times have we heard the phrase: “Money can’t buy happiness.”? It really can’t. Money can’t buy the way we feel. It might get a present that makes us feel good for awhile, but it doesn’t last. All this is to say that even if you transformed yourself into another person, you still won’t be happy. Happiness is from the inside first and the people you surround yourself with. If you are unhappy when you’re poor, you’ll be unhappy when you’re rich. Money only amplifies who you are. It doesn’t change you.
- If you dislike yourself, nothing you add to your life will change it.
- Our physical body is the easiest to change. Oh..you don’t like your eyebrows? Here, use this product. You don’t like your waistline? Use this workout. These things may PHYSICALLY change us, but it rarely changes the way WE see ourselves. Ever seen a thin girl that kept on saying she needs to lose more weight? I’m not here to judge, but I am trying to make the point that we need to change the way WE see OURSELVES. If you don’t like yourself right now, putting on new cloth isn’t going to have lasting change. You have to look within and change the way you view the world and yourself. Try to be more grateful of all the things you have. Be thankful of you as a person.
- There will never be another person just like you.
- Accept and appreciate yourself. - You may not think you are special, but no one has the exact childhood you did. No one talk like you do. No one has the exact same hair color as you. No one thinks like you do. I can go on and on. NO ONE is exactly like you. Use this to your advantage. Develop your own style. Appreciate how different you are than other people. Other people act differently than you, and that is ok. Rather than trying to copy someone else so you can get more attention and love, be yourself. Why sacrifice yourself to become a second rated version of another person.
