Is it really that easy? Seriously? Have those who seem truly enlightened found a way of alway being “themselves”? And what does *that* mean anyway? What is it to be “yourself”?
I’m not exactly sure. I’ve found many quotes from famous people espousing the “just be you” message, but no matter what I do, am I not being myself.
I guess the answer to that is most likely NO. I’ve met many people, some currently in my life, who seem to be whoever or whatever it is you, or someone else in their lives, wants them to be. Whether it be to adopt someone else’s thoughts or ideas when they don’t mesh with your own, or to dye your hair blonde because it’s what someone else wants, don’t we all in some way change who we are to adapt to our environment or accomodate people in our lives.
Is that a bad thing? Hell if I know.
Will someone please just tell me what I should think so I can change who I am to better fit everyone else’s ideals. Please! I’m too confused to be myself.
With that being said, I give you a few of my favorite quotes on being yourself…
“To be nobody but yourself-
in a world which is doing its best,
night and day,
to make you like everybody else-
means to fight the hardest battle
which any human being can fight,
and never stop fighting.”
EE Cummings
“One has just to be oneself.
That’s my basic message.
The moment you accept yourself as you are,
all burdens, all moutainous burdens,
simply disappear.
Then life is a sheer joy,
a festival of lights.”
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
“It isn’t until you come to a
spiritual understanding of who you are-
not necessarily a religious feeling,
but deep down, the spirit within-
that you can begin to take control.”
Oprah Winfrey
“If I try to be like him,
who will be like me?”
Jewish Proverb
