“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Be whoever you are!”
– Lyric from the song of the same title, by Fred LeBlanc
An important message from a world renowned poet and a world class lyricist. (Check out a Cowboy Mouth concert someday. You’ll be glad you did.)
Fact is, the world — and many of the people in our inner circle within that world — are trying to change us, or get us to change ourselves. There are behaviors we might want to change, reactions and habits, but who we are is good enough — every danged time. Our self is just that — our self.
It’s exhausting to have a “work person” and a “home personna.” And it’s phony. If you feel a strong need to be someone different at work than you are when you’re alone or at home with family and friends, there’s a deeper, bigger challenge in play. Wrong job? Wrong company? Something is, by definition, wrong.
They key is to know who we are, and to just be that person. We can apply the person we are to different scenarios, but the consistency that comes from knowing, and trusting who we are is powerful. Empowering. Enlightening. Energizing.
As Fred sings with the band in another of their great songs, “When the world keeps coming down on me, I let it go!” “It,” is at the core of who we are. Let “it” go! Be whoever you are.
It’ll make a difference.
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