It's hard to be yourself

It is true that different people have different characters, but sometimes we want to make some changes in terms of our own characters. Introverted people want to be outgoing and vibrant while the extroverted would like to be steadier and more reserved. I think it is quite understandable and beneficial to make some efforts on absorbing good qualities from other people and discarding bad ones of yourself. Every one of us desires to be perfect, although no one can really realize it at last.


But I found that sometimes we change ourselves not because we want to improve ourselves or perfect ourselves, but because we care too much about what we are in other people's eyes. It seems that these opinions and attitudes are so important that we must live our lives at other people's will. How pathetic! Why can't we just follow our hearts? Why do we have to change our minds to cater to other people's preferences?


Maybe it is because our parents and friends have such a high expectation for us and we don't want to let them down.


Maybe it is because today people are closely related to each other. We are afraid to be isolated from others, so we have to take account of other people's thoughts.


Maybe it is because we’ve become so vain and thus we need those praising words, flattering applause, envious glances to fill our empty hearts, to satisfy our contemptible vanity.


Life is fleeting, I hope that one day we will not be curbed by those worldly criteria and could truly follow our hearts. I hope each one of us could strip off false masks and open our hearts freely.


I hope that one day we can really be ourselves.