Don't be the mass produced, suger-coated cereal. Be the prize at the bottom of the box :-D

I don't have to be what you want me to be.
There's so many different solutions and routes and things to avoid and things to do... but the truth is everything has its benefits and it's negative aspects. Sure, maybe something will get rid of cancer, but you might need an artificial heart by the time its done. Peanut butter may be good for you in some ways, but there's still 100 calories in one teaspoon. The media is composed of hypocrites. Take Prevention magazine... one month its one diet and one exercise guaranteed to make you lose weight. GUARANTEED! And the next month its a totally different thing, also promising to be the very best.
So you can tell me to do something... tell me it's the best thing for me... but there's always a side effect. There's always something bad to go hand in hand with it. Stop trying to make me feel bad about who I am, stop trying to make me feel like I have a crap life.
Let me be who I am. Don't pick on the people who are different. Don't cheer when people decide to conform to what is cool... or at least what's cool that week. You'll never be satisfied.
Stick with what you like and what you think looks good and what works for you. Everyone's different, but you can't really tell by looking around. Everyone tries to cover up who they are... and I'm sure that not many of them are happy. They probably don't even know who they really are, they're buried under all the different clothes and makeup and diets and way of acting... Lost almost beyond recovery.
Lately I've found myself slipping under a little bit, and I just realized it. I don't want to be like everyone else. I want to find who I am and what I like and how I should act. I want to be different, recognizable, I want to stand out to people, be a memorable person, not just another face.
Being quiet is part of my personality. I'm not painfully quiet anymore, I do things and talk to my friends and such. I'm just not going to be a loud harsh cheerleader (excuse the stereotype) type of person. Even though that's what's kind of attractive right now, that's not who I am, and I don't have to be like that. I can sit there, add my bits when I feel like saying something, and absorb. I'm good at that.
Break out of the comfort zone the world has created and be something individual =). Don't squish yourself into their mold, after all, you aren't their play-doh.


Love~
Monika =)