What happened with "being yourself"?

by Katie Kohrs

"Dork!" My brand-new classmate was certainly not on the welcoming committee. Glancing at my cowboy boots that had little embroidered cacti and cowboy hats, he skipped off laughing and yelling to his friends, "Check out th...read more

by DM Cain

Be Different. Be Amish. It occurred to me recently that being "punk" is now "cool". It didn't used to be that way. My husband was punk back when his parents basically shunned him from family life for having a mohawk, an...read more

by Magu Nguru

In a world that we face a lot of pressure to be what people want us to be, is it really possible to be yourself? I have grappled with that question all through my adult life and it seems that the more the years pass on the...read more

by Gary Robertson

I'm going to start this article off with a delicious contradiction: being yourself is both the easiest and hardest thing you can do. OK, let me explain using myself as an example. It's easy in so far as it requires ve...read more

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by Kevin Apple

This topic reminds me of a scene in Monty Python's "Life of Brian". It is the morning after Brian has just had his virginity taken away by the idealistic Judith. His mother stumbles upon them in their naked glory, berate...read more

by James Mockridge

To be yourself has been replaced by the false image that you need to follow suit in order to survive and advance within modern society. To be different is to be somewhat viewed as an 'outcast' amongst the general popula...read more

by Louweeze

In this new millennium, the 'freedom' to be ourselves is much more prevalent. We can be almost anything we want to be, and not tried, judged, and sentenced to ridicule or ostracism. In the early 50's, when I was born, ...read more

by Sara Bradley

What happened with "being yourself"? That concept got lost in the shuffle between Hollywood's wanna be list and market advertising. In today's society, there is very little room for anyone to just be themselves with...read more

by Sandy Muncy

Whatever happened to being yourself? These days we're all so bombarded with influences of all sorts which tell us in myriad ways how we just don't measure up. Magazines with anorexic airbrushed models, t.v. shows with pe...read more

by Sophia Harrison

Who are you? This simple question can be answered a thousand different ways, but can be answered truthfully, in only one way. The truth lies in that proudest of phrases, "I am myself." The idea that one should know "who" t...read more

by S.E. Whitbeck

Conformity feels comfortable and safe even though a little voice may be asking what happened to being myself? It's easier to blend in and go with the flow than it is to stand up and speak out. It can be embarrassing for...read more

by Angela S. Young

"Being yourself" is probably a problem that people have struggled with for hundreds of years. We all face peer pressure and other types of pressure that may cause us to take on a persona of sorts in order to fit in, even ...read more

by Janeal Mulaney

Being you makes the difference. No matter what you do you may not ever be Wonder Woman, Daisy Mae or Olive Oil. My question is why do you want to? I was a teen once, if you ask my children they would say I'm 40 going on...read more

by David Furritus

I'm afraid the concept of "being yourself" has never been all that popular - which I think is the whole point. Despite the fact that human beings have the ability to be completely individual and everyone can do or be w...read more

by Danielle B

I do not think there ever was a time where people were just themselves. I think people have always been everything but themselves because all they do is try and impress other people and whatever the other people like, tha...read more

by keisi j

In a world of television, mp3 players, internet, and fast-paced living, who has time to find themselves? I remember a time in my life when I read books, I relaxed in the grass, traveled around the country and the state wi...read more

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by Roxanne Dubarry

What ever happened with "being yourself?" The Apostle Paul in the book of first Corinthians chapter 13:11, "When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish thin...read more

by Travis Casey

I didn't get this advice until I was 32. I think it's a shame I didn't get it when I was younger, but I probably wouldn't have listened or understood it when I was younger. It's simple and I have used it ever since. Ju...read more

by Tina Brewster

Today's society is so driven by television and music that today's youth doesn't have a chance to "be themselves". Between what they see on television, hear in music and are being told by their friends, there is very littl...read more

by wihoiske

Being yourself, society dictates fashion, how we converse with each other, how we should live, the way we decorate our homes and yards, what type oof people we should and should not associate with, what kind of job you sho...read more