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Being Yourself

Everyone is born with their own personality; free to be their self! But what happens when society starts judging everyone for who they are and what they do? Society changes people into their idea of perfect, but I don't want to be perfect. I want to be me! Becoming secure and confident with myself was probably the hardest thing I've every done. I went through a time when I didn't know who I was. I wouldn't talk to people I didn't know and couldn't wear anything I like because I was afraid other people wouldn't like t! I was insecure about how I looked and acted. I wasn't myself; I was uncomfortable in my own skin. Last year I decided to stop caring what people thought of me, and finally be myself. I started talking to people, I made them laugh, and they liked me! My personality was finally starting to show. At first I was shy, but once you knew me, I was clever, fun, and interesting. I overcame my fear of being judged by others because as Dr. Seuss once said, "The people who matter to me won't mind, and the people who mind shouldn't matter."