Be Who You Are

"Being who you are is the most natural thing there is. To suppress it, whether through fear, pressure or lack of confidence always leads to trouble. That's why millions lead lives of frustration and desperation. They denied who they are in the hope that the powers that be would reward them. Their reward was mediocrity, depression and a nagging sense that life like that is scarcely worth living.

Take up the challenge. Be whatever nature designed you to be. Never mind whether you face disapproval from those who lack the courage to follow the same route...

Yes, there may be a cost. Some people, even some friends, will disapprove of the new you and will let you know it. There will be setbacks along the way. Yet the price for being yourself can never be as great as the price you must pay for stepping aside from your basic nature: a price paid in frustration, dissatisfaction and wretched realization of all you might have been, but now can never attain...

Mediocrity and frustration are the true price of conforming. Only those with the courage openly to live their dreams can ever find lasting success."

Read more in The Coyote Within :: Being Yourself Matters