"BEING YOURSELF"


What does this mean? I have always wondered. When people meet me and get to know me, they have always told- Never ever change. Then I start wondering- Change is inevitable. Why does everyone conclude that being yourself means not changing. I can change but be myself at the same time.  My inner desires want me to explore whatever is around me, sometimes making me way too liberal for the society to handle. I am not scared of setting myself lose, its the society I am scared of. Will I be accepted or not? Then how in the world can I be fully me. How can I be myself? There is always a line I have to draw where I can be myself.
As the blog says I am a clutter spot and I like the chaos in my head. Never ever settling for a fixed idea is what I like to believe in. Maybe that's what I am by nature and thought.
So here is what I have to say about me being myself-

I am just another human being, trying to find myself completely yet I do know the fact that I am no special than the rest. So that helps me break the ego that builds with finding myself. Yet I do believe we all have something unique and pure to give to others and the earth which brings joy. I know that I love talking, listening, meeting new people who talk with a sparkle in their eyes, the people who share a laugh with me, the people who tell me their deepest stories, the people who enjoy listening me talk whatever I wish to without strong judgements. This brings me immense joy and that is how I think of myself giving and taking from the earth. This is what makes me who I am. Probably there are humans like me but everybody is slightly different and unique. The truth I need to understand is that I cannot make everybody happy, and in all probability I could hurt someone who is not open to communicate.

My father had asked me once to write down the values I believed in and to follow them. The values I still stick to are authenticity, sensibility, honesty, compassion, love, respect for myself and others, learning, independence and freedom and spirituality. These are my only rules that I follow. The rest is not my business to think of. And this is how I keep myself the way I am (sane).

It is important to revisit one's values again and again. It is also important to know one's core essence again and again. The reason to revisit is because we are constantly bombarded by external influences, be it media, people around us or work. It is easy to get swayed and lose one's balance, which I consider many people to have had.

So it's time for you to think now...what do you so strongly believe in and are ready to stand for it? That makes your values. And what is your sole purpose in life- the thing you do on an everyday basis that makes you happy to the core!

Au Revoir. Until next time!