Always be true to yourself.

Lesson for the day, be true to yourself. I know, it's a pretty straight forward lesson that we've been taught from our parents, teachers and other family members since we could walk but sometimes you need to be reminded that it's important to do what you want.

I didn't really have an experience relating to this recently but I know that I have struggled with it before. For the longest time I pretended not to believe in something because one of my friends didn't believe in it either. I went along with it to support her and to make sure she wouldn't not be my friend.

In order to be true to yourself you have to know yourself. I don't think that many high schoolers let alone college students really know who they are. It takes a long time to figure out who you are. It can be a rough to go through high school and college trying to figure out who you are. I believe that kids will get into certain cliques just because that clique is accepting of them. It may not really be where that kid belongs. The clique may not have the same values and beliefs that you have but since they are accepting of you, you may try to change your values and go against what you really believe.

In my freshman and sophomore year of high school I struggled with this quite a bit. I hung out with plenty of different people because I had some identity issues. I didn't know who I was or who I wanted to be.

I'm not saying that I know exactly who I am now. I know mostly who I am. I know what sorts of things make me happy, like spending time with my family or eating a good plate of spaghetti. I also know what makes me upset, like people who bad mouth others and final exams.

Knowing who you are is more of a growth process than anything else. Learning more about yourself and how those around affect you is a continual process.