Through my search in finding some interesting topics to discuss in class, I stumbled upon this quote from Anne Sexton:

 "I fear I will be ripped open and found unsightly."

This quote made such a deep impact on me as those exact words is what my whole life is about. One of my greatest fears in life is to be ridiculed. Although I live by my own rules and mostly have things my way, there is always that little part of me that just wants to fit in so that I can be like the rest of the world. Because I am not easily influenced it is hard for me to fit in. I have always felt like the odd one out.  Perhaps it is my imagination but I've never truly felt like people liked me, but I also don't really care. 

Take it or leave it but I am just me.... 

When a baby is born, we have no idea of what this child will become when he or she is older. We have hopes and we have dreams, but that is where it ends. We don't know how a life will turn out.  Our first lessons come from family members and they teach us the basic things in life. Later on, as we become older we are influenced by friends and teachers and other people that helps to mold us a person, before we go out in the big bad world to live on our own. We are all just flawed human beings with our own thoughts and feelings. Now suddenly our safety net is gone and it's time to leave the nest and fly.  

The real stuff comes in when we start living on a more emotional level.  Because we are exposed to so many factors from the outside, we don't always know what it is the right thing to do...there is no rule book for life and we literally just go with the flow, and the most amazing thing is that nobody truly knows what is right for them.  

How do you know if something is right for you?

We can only live life by trial and error. Sometimes things work out perfectly but sometimes they don't...but such is life. Life is not always moonshine and roses and sometimes the road is full of thorns, but if you don't try something out, you will never know if it is the right thing to do. Perhaps it will work out, perhaps it will not, but without even trying all hope of ever knowing is lost.

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Many people have this dream of being like someone else. They have these goals and dreams to be like their idol and will go beyond the stars to do something similar to what their idol does. But I have never lived my life this way. I have such a hard time just trying to be myself, that I honestly don't have time to try to be someone else.

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Life is all about choices. Life is a wonderful journey of exploration.  One of my favorite quotes comes from a Harry Potter book I've read.  

 "It is truly our choices that show what we are, far more than our abilities."

Don't try to be someone else. Just be yourself. Life is hard and difficult sometimes, but life is also a learning process. In the end, we all just strive to be happy.  

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