Be yourself!

There were certain things in class that hit home, as we watched and talked about the documentary Miss Representation. There were many thing in this documentary that triggered a few different emotions. I called my older sister after class (who took this class last year) and talked out all source of different emotions. 

 One of the main things I took away from this and from many other experience in my life is to BE MYSELF!

As a teenager, I use to compare myself to media characters, and others around me OFTEN! I use to think I was not good enough in certain aspect in my life. It was an unhappy way to live...I allowed certain media to tell me what it meant to be beautiful, and that I would be happier if I looked, acted and was a certain way.  I never felt good enough. 

Now, that I am older and have gone through different experiences which have helped me understand that I do not have to try to be anyone else. I just need to be me!  My faults, weakness and difference are what makes me who I am. Once I stopped comparing myself, my confidence grew and I found greater happiness in my everyday life. Now believe me, I still struggle with this and it is a working progress but this is a fight I never want to give up on. 

Be yourself because you are the only one who can! I want to share a song that really expresses this. It's "Try" by Coblie Caillat. 

Don't try to be anyone else because you are great just the way you are :) ! I may not know you all personally but I know what it feels like to try be someone you are not.