Let me tell you it was hella hard and hella costly. I realized that if I wanted to be happy and inspire others that I would first have to do the work to make myself feel the love and acceptance I want to give to everyone else. There are a handful of people that I would let see me for me but I recently changed that. I always put myself in a role I knew I couldn’t keep up with. I’ve struggled with my identity for a really long time.
If we could allow everyone to be themselves then we’re going to find a lot less people who feel like they need to pretend. Everyone ultimately wants the same things in this world love and acceptance.
I find that when you give most people a chance to be who they are you’re really going to like them. We’re all wrestling with who we should be on the outside and who we actually are on the inside. I’ve thought that I really didn’t like someone until I really got to know them and I realized in that moment they’re just like me struggling to figure out the person they are.
I’ve been wrong on my first impressions more times than I’d ever care to admit. I love when people let down their guard and let me see the incredible person hiding behind their exterior. Maybe it’s the storyteller in me but I love hearing about everyone. We’re so quick to judge everyone’s situation that we don’t allow ourselves to see what’s going on underneath. Most of the time I give off that give off an, “I don’t give a shit what you think” vibe but really I care a lot what other people think about me. Not many people take the time to really get to know the things that are bubbling under the surface. But this is the person that I let people see. Most people would tell you I’m goofy, blunt, boy crazy and a little inappropriate at times. How many times have you thought to yourself, “If they just got to know me, the real me, they would love me”? As someone who believes that most people are incredibly beautiful, sensitive creatures with baggage that sometimes causes them to portray an image that doesn’t exactly reflect their true selves, I often find myself advocating for the people beneath the mask.
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