be yourself

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. ~e.e. cummings, 1955

Be yourself.  What wonderful words.  That is easier said than done in our society.  We are constantly being bombarded by signals and signs that tell us otherwise.  Sometimes, being yourself also means standing alone.  Or with very few.  And that's okay.  Because if you are being true to yourself...you are doing the best thing for you.  You are being beautiful you.  You are being messy and magically wonderful you.  And that form comes in so many different ways.  There isn't a one size fits all.  There shouldn't have to be.  Be you.  You is enough.  You is more than enough.  It's fantastic, actually.  Be yourself.  I, at 38, almost turning 39 in less than a month...am finally understanding this concept and actually living by it.  Be yourself.  Because if you aren't...you will be miserable.  Maybe not today...maybe not tomorrow.  But every day you pretend to be someone you aren't...you will feel it eat at you.