But I've really learned you don't have to fit in. No matter where you go, you're always going to be you and if they don't like you for who you are, then what's the point of being someone else?
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Like so many kids, I just wanted to fit in, and I see now that I spent most of my life trying to be what I wasn't, trying to get people to like me.
When I was growing up, I always wanted to be somebody else and live somewhere else. I've always felt a little uncomfortable around people.
Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.
Some people like you, some people don't. In the end you just have to be yourself.
It's human nature to want to be with other people.
The most basic human desire is to feel like you belong. Fitting in is important.
It's just better to be yourself than to try to be some version of what you think the other person wants.
I don't need to try so hard to be someone else.
I think you have to be what you are. Don't try to be somebody else. You have to be yourself at all times.
I've never looked at myself and said that I need to be a certain way to be around a certain sort of people. I've always wanted to stay true to myself, and I've managed to do that. People have to accept that.
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