Sometimes, we hide our true selves from the people around us
You may not agree with me. You may not even realise it. But I'm willing to bet, most of you out there behave differently when you're with your family, and when you're at work.
Or when you hang out with close friends.
Or new friends.
Or old friends you meet once a blue moon.
Or someone you're dating.
Or someone you used to date.
Or someone you're trying to get lucky with.
Or someone you're avoiding with all your heart.
Or someone you're trying to impress.
Or someone you couldn't be bothered with.
Or your best friend.
Or your cousins.
Or your distant family members, whom you only meet during festive season (once a year lah tu).
There are so many levels of yourself that you have inside you.
Perhaps there's actually no one single person who really knows you - all of you. Except maybe yourself. (Or in some cases, not even your own self would know it...)
So don't be surprised if one day, you realise that you don't know that someone in your life that you think you've known for ages.
Like a wife. Or a husband. Or a best friend. Or a sister. Or a soulmate.
We present different sides of us to different parties in this world.
Why is that so? Why are you so afraid to show Person-A the part of you that Person-B can see? And by the way, which is the real you?
I believe, no matter which of your many 'faces' that you present to the world, you must be true to yourself. Try to remember, at the end of the day, it's yourself that you have to live with.
People come and go. You may try to tie them up to keep them by your side until the end of time, but if it's meant for them to stick around only for a while, then that's the way it's going to be.
Ultimately, if you're unhappy with who you are, you're the one who's going to end up miserable. Even when the whole world is in love with you.
Be true to yourself. Sometimes you just don't need to paint a pretty picture to impress someone. Just BE yourself.
And one thing you must know by now, you really do not need the whole world to love you. Not when you cannot love yourself.
Or when you hang out with close friends.
Or new friends.
Or old friends you meet once a blue moon.
Or someone you're dating.
Or someone you used to date.
Or someone you're trying to get lucky with.
Or someone you're avoiding with all your heart.
Or someone you're trying to impress.
Or someone you couldn't be bothered with.
Or your best friend.
Or your cousins.
Or your distant family members, whom you only meet during festive season (once a year lah tu).
There are so many levels of yourself that you have inside you.
Perhaps there's actually no one single person who really knows you - all of you. Except maybe yourself. (Or in some cases, not even your own self would know it...)
So don't be surprised if one day, you realise that you don't know that someone in your life that you think you've known for ages.
Like a wife. Or a husband. Or a best friend. Or a sister. Or a soulmate.
We present different sides of us to different parties in this world.
Why is that so? Why are you so afraid to show Person-A the part of you that Person-B can see? And by the way, which is the real you?
I believe, no matter which of your many 'faces' that you present to the world, you must be true to yourself. Try to remember, at the end of the day, it's yourself that you have to live with.
People come and go. You may try to tie them up to keep them by your side until the end of time, but if it's meant for them to stick around only for a while, then that's the way it's going to be.
Ultimately, if you're unhappy with who you are, you're the one who's going to end up miserable. Even when the whole world is in love with you.
Be true to yourself. Sometimes you just don't need to paint a pretty picture to impress someone. Just BE yourself.
And one thing you must know by now, you really do not need the whole world to love you. Not when you cannot love yourself.
posted by Yam @ 11:57 pm
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