The world is constantly telling you what you need to be to be accepted: successful, strong, cheerful, comfortable, confident.

The world is constantly telling you what you need to be to be accepted: successful, strong, cheerful, comfortable, confident.

And imperceptibly you begin to adapt. You say what they want to hear from you, you hide what someone might not like, you try to live up to the image you yourself once achieved.

Then one day you catch yourself thinking: for so long I've tried to be someone you can love that I've almost forgotten who I really am.

Getting back to yourself doesn't start with being a better person. Sometimes - with permission to be imperfect. don't like it mistake. Don't conform to other people's expectations.

You don't have to like everyone.

Perhaps freedom begins precisely at the moment when you no longer need someone else's approval to be yourself.