Friday, January 26, 2007

You will...

You will learn that, despite what you think, you are not always perfect and that everyone will not always love, appreciate, or approve of who or what you are.. but you must realize that this is okay. They are entitled to their own views and opinions, just as you are entitled to yours.
You will learn the importance of just being yourself and that other people's opinions do not define your own.
You will gradually, possibly painfully, learn that you are the only person responsible for yourself. Eventually, this will be one of the most useful things you will ever discover. You will stop blaming other people for the things they did to you or didn't do for you. You will learn that not everyone will always be there for you, but there are a few people who can always be counted on and these people can become the most important people that you ever meet. Ultimately, you will learn to stand on your own and take care of yourself.
You will stop judging other people and you will stop pointing fingers. You will begin to accept people as they are, and overlook their shortcomings and human frailties. You will learn that all the media's messages and opinions that have been fed to you over the years play a huge part in the way you view yourself. You begin to filter everything you've seen about how you should behave, how you should look, how much you should weigh, what you should wear, where you should shop, what you should drive, where and how you should live, what you should do for a living, who you should sleep with, or what you owe your parents. You will learn to open up to new worlds and to accept different points of view. You will begin reassessing and redefining who you are and what you really stand for.
You will learn the difference between wanting and needing and learn that it is completely acceptable to want things and grant yourself these things.
You will learn to go with your instincts and you will learn how to say no and really mean it.
You will learn when it is acceptable to demand something of another person simply to make you happy and that you must do the same for them.
You will learn that beauty is an attitude and has nothing to do with actions or appearance.
You will learn that it is not a weakness to ask for help and that receiving it will never cease to benefit you in the end.
You will learn that life isn't always fair, no person always gets what he or she thinks they deserve, and that bad things happen to unsuspecting good people. On these occasions you will learn not to personalize things and accept that it's just life happening.
You will learn to admit when you are wrong and you will learn humility. You will learn to apologize to people you have wronged and that it makes you a better person in the end.

You will take a breath and begin to live life as best you can...

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