How Do I Do That?

"Do you."
"What?"
"Be your own person is what I mean."
"I am...i think? How do I do that?

It's fair to say that "being yourself" is a common area of life that everyone must deal with. What seems like an easy enough thing to do, is actually a wolf in sheep's clothing. One may feel/think that wearing baggy pants (or tight ones now), is something that they would consider "them", but is actually evidence of their subconscious mimicking the world around them. I put myself in the category of not always knowing what I considered to be "me" and what I considered to be "them". Most times I would mentally beat myself up over the fact that I didn't "know who I am". I put this in quotes because I don't necessarily believe in this particular phrase. #OverUsed/#Overrated. But sadly it's true. There's never anyone, nor is there going to be anyone, who will give you the specific steps on how to become a better you. The obvious reason why is because they will NEVER know who you are better than yourself. Another obstacle in the field, which deems the question of: is it worth it? All this work just to be myself? Nah, no thanks. <-- Usual thoughts that lead to massive numbers of people, rather followers who would like it more to just follow the crowd than to take the time to actually get to know themselves more.

I bring this topic up because I've been dealing with it recently, but on the positive note. Normally it's custom for me to coward before the world, never letting them see who I really am. But recently I've been changing. I DON'T CARE. Maybe due to all this time I spend with people who have been adopted this custom, their attitudes are starting to ware off on me? Or maybe (probably the real reason) the cry of my heart is being slowly, but surely, answered which is great news for me.

I leave you with this. Don't follow the crowd. The journey to who is worth it. I have to give props to Soulja Boy and his "Pretty Boy Swag" song. I was originally going to bash it in this post, but as I thought about it that song actually confirms what I'm trying to say. In it, he's definitively indicating his "Swagg" or in other words is proclaiming that this is who he is. And with a song like that I got to say I believe him.



**Remember Do You. (or at least try)