Be Yourself! Be Yourself! That’s what I tell myself all the time. Don’t change yourself to just fit in.
That’s true for most part….. But sometimes it helps to blend in.
For example when you travel to a different place. If you are too rigid about who you are, you will lose out on a whole world of new experiences.
If instead you just open yourself up a bit and appreciate the different culture, the people and everything around, you will find more people who you relate with in the most unexpected places. You will find stories more captivating than any book or movie you have ever read or seen. Stories that will make you cry. Stories that will inspire. By the end of it you would have discovered more than just the new place. You would have discovered something about yourself.
Here’s the thing, being open is not about changing who you are. It’s when you are so comfortable with who you are that you don’t feel threatened, influenced or brain washed by others. You are not doing something to please someone, but to put them at ease, so that they too open up a bit.
Water will still be water even as the landscape around it changes it from a calm serene lake to mighty falls and rapids, flowing as a stream or as a mighty river. Eventually meeting the salty waters of the deep oceans and seas. Water will still be water but with a little a bit of something from all the places it’s been through.
No matter how much we wish the world to be exactly like how we want it to be, the truth is that, sometimes to change the world we need to except it for what it is.
Your experiences may define you, but just like the water which slowly but steadily redefines its landscape, you too can define your experiences by letting other people in and adding their experiences to your own.
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Very inspirational words to read onn
Thanks!
Pleasure always for beautiful stuff mate
Very inspiring post 🤗
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Your water analogy is quite soothing and inspiring, well done.
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Wow! Loved the way you elucidated. The comparison of who we are with the nature of water is superb. You are right that when we are comfortable with who we are then we do not feel threatened! Wonderful…
Thanks!
A very inspirational post. I enjoyed reading your perspective, and I definitely do agree,
I agree. I think that new experiences with new places and cultures actually help us to better understand who we are and what we value most.
Well written and encouraging piece.
Thanks a lot!
My pleasure.
Beautifully written. One of the things I love most about travel is being open to learning about the local culture.
I so agree about being yourself. You choose who to be friends with and where to go.
I so agree! You should always be yourself. I tell my kids this often!
I love your perspective! I think often times we have expectations of things and people, which can leave us disappointed. If instead we have an open mind we create the opportunity for growth!
This is so very true and an inspirational post! I do believe you can shape yourself and that fate is always shaped by you too
I love the water will be water analogy! Very well said, definitely advice that more people need to hear.
Embracing aspects of a new culture when traveling is all part of the fun. Trying new foods and hobbies while there would help us to see life from their perspective.
I love this, so good! It’s so important to remain true to yourself and never try to be anyone youre not.
To accept and to be accepted do not exist in isolation and anyway, when a person is traveling one needs the additional leeway that is called flexibility in choices.
Arvind Passey
http://www.passey.info
Thanks for encouraging everyone to open up and be themselves. We need to hear this sometimes.
Aaaw such an inspirational post! It’s overwhelming when people criticize and don’t understand you. But truth is that we are not here to please others, we are here to live our lives to the fullest. Great post<3
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Candace
http://www.thebeautybeau.com
I truly believe that we have to me ourselves for others to appreciate us. However on the other hand, being oneself does not mean being insensible of others. After all we are in a society, we must learn to mingling with others without getting ourselves lost in the myriad of culture.
Absoolutely! Be yourself! Be true to yourself! That way, you’ll spare yourself a lot of issues that comes with comparison.
Lovely advise. The water analogy is very inspiring. As you mentioned, it’s very important to be true to yourself.
If you are you and trust you, then nothing can deter you!
Water is spiritual and profound and your creativity feels the same,much respect ☮️
Yes, being who you are is important. But at the same time accepting others who they are is also important. Travel teaches you to accept yourself and others in a beautiful way.
As you mentioned, our experiences define us. It’s important to choose our experiences wisely
and also share other people experiences.
Youre right. We need to immerse ourselves in an environment that is different and challenging to enable us to grow.
i have learnt to try to use my expreinces for good no matter what they are , this just makes me see i am on the right track
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Thanks you so much!