Yourself

        If we spend all of our time doing what other people want we will never do what we love. If we try to act like someone we are not we will forget who we really are.  Most people do not listen when they are told to just be them, but they should. Doesn't it get boring being like everyone else? Doesn't it get miserable doing what you don't want to? I am sure it does.

        

        For example, I love to play basketball and soccer. If I hung out with someone who hated soccer and I pretended like I did to so they would be my friend, but I would hate not playing soccer!!! Sometimes people even do bad in school because they think it is what the "cool kids" do. It is OK to be YOURSELF!!! We all have a purpose, and if we lose sight of what we want we will probably never see it again. Do you get what I mean? 

        My cousin once told me something I will never forget. He told me you have to be yourself because every one else is taken. That quote has always been in the back of my mind telling me if I copy someone than I am pretty much not being anyone. One reason that people change is because they want to be popular and have people like you, but if you are you the right people will love the you. You  can find someone like you who will make the same mistakes, like the same things, who may look alike, but they are not YOU!!
        Some people say that they don't like who they are so they act different. That is just an excuse. If you don't like who you are, then change. You will still be you as ling as you are who you want to be. No one else has to live in your body for the rest of your life, but you do. That means that you should decide what to act like because you have to live with it. Are you wondering why you should listen to me? And why you should be unique? 
        The original is always worth more than a copy. That is true if you are different you will be worth more than if you act just like everyone else. Could you imagine doing something you don't like day after day after day. I can't, I would be bored, tired, miserable, and I would lose my purpose. Maybe your real self is like everyone else, maybe you do like what is popular.  I am not saying that that is not okay, it is because it is you. If you only get one thing out of these 5 paragraphs, I hope it is that you should be who you want to be, yourself.