"It's not possible to have people like you when you don't even show the real you." -Kozue Chiba
I think that there is something extremely vulnerable about being yourself. Unapologetically, shamelessly, being yourself. We spend our whole lives building up this facade from being told to act a certain way and pick up on social cues. Dress like this so you fit in. Like these things so you'll have something to relate to your peers with. Speak this way so you don't make people uncomfortable. Rules. Rules. Rules. When all we truly want to do is what makes us happy. If wearing cat shirts and owning a reptile makes you happy then own it. If computer games and gas station burritos make you happy then do that. If cats and glitter make you happy then buy them. And when we show those true colors to the world then we will finally stop having friends to hang out with, and we will start having friends to live life with. Because I would rather have 1 really amazingly honest and true friend than 100 friends who don't know the real me. I believe that if we are honest about who we are then we can give others the courage and confidence to be who they are.
To being ourselves
