Be yourself

We all are striving for recognition in society. We all want people around to have a good opinion of us. Before beginning with any task, the first thought that comes to my mind is what will people think of me? Will society have a good impression of me if I do that task? What will people think? Would it make me look like a bad person? But the only question that doesn't comes to my mind is do I wish to do this task? Would I be happy with this job? We fear society not accepting us the way we are but we don't fear the restrictions we put on ourselves just for this acceptance. We restrict ourselves from the things we want to do, from the goals we want to accomplish, from the path we want to tread, from the things we wish to encounter. We change our goals and desires according to society's preferences and we even sometimes numb our feelings after thinking what society will think of us? For instance, many of us generally try not to cry in front of people because of the thought that people might think we're weak. We sometimes don't do certain tasks which we wish to do because we fear that we might look like fools and that is the time we stop ourselves from being awesome.

That is the time we fail to recognize our true potential and our capability. We know our talent or passion but ignore it for society. We take decisions according to society. It seems like it's not our lives we're living rather it is the life of the people around us. We dress up for them, we change our decisions for them and follow the path they show us and we end up living for people and not for ourselves. We fail to realize that it's our life, it's us who would be blamed for our wrong decisions and it's us who would be blamed if we fail not the people. We're responsible for our actions and decisions and not people. And at the end, we will end up suffering. It's better to take our own decisions, listen to our hearts and live this life by our own rules. Let's live our lives the way we dream it, let's make choices of our own and not continue to follow what people say or what comes our way by default. After all it is our life. Let's be whatever we wish to be and do whatever we wish to do but most importantly let our decisions come from our hearts and not from people's mouths.
Question yourself that is all this going to matter in the future? Would these people stay forever? Instead of thinking about what will people think, learn to respect the decisions that come from your heart, respect your weaknesses. Don't hide them, but accept them willingly. It is only when you stop hiding your weaknesses and respecting yourself that society will start accepting you, your decisions and who you are!