Often we wonder,
Upon a shooting star,
Why do we continue to put up masks?
Instead of being ourselves?
Upon a shooting star,
Why do we continue to put up masks?
Instead of being ourselves?
It's awfully strange, to be honest. We often tell people to just "be yourself" when we aren't being ourselves. It's as if a strange defense mechanism. It's either "There's no need to be like that, just be yourself" or "Aiyah, just be yourself lah" as we say in our typical Malaysian way. It can be said in many different ways; but the point still stands for itself anyway.
We put up masks so we don't get hurt. This distances us from the people around us, which is what may some of us want or we do it unknowingly. We fake a smile, a laugh, and think we can pass it off. But what most of us don't really know that a true friend, or someone who's very close to us or family can see it in our eyes. This worries them, because they don't know what's happening; or happened to us. They'd wonder "Why did he/she become like that?", "What happened?" And then there starts the overwhelming concern for our health and such.
We find it annoying. But the thing is, WE started it! We made them worry! So why don't they have the rights to worry? We shouldn't get mad at them, annoyed or irritated, because WE'RE the one who made them worry.
Sometimes we wish to be ourselves so much, but we're afraid that the world won't like us. We have fear of rejection, rejected by the world. So we become somebody else, somebody who's not us, and our personality changes. The way we act, the way we react, it's all because of fear of rejection.
We're so self-conscious that we have can't get out of our comfort zone. But I tell you this, get out of your comfort zone, adapt, it will be worth it. Because being yourself is ten times better than being someone who you're not.
If people don't like you for who you are, just go with the flow. You WILL find friends along the way, and maybe make some enemies. But who cares? Because you're just yourself.
Life is meant to be unpredictable! Ups and downs, good and bads! And hey, if life isn't a rollercoaster, it'd be boring and dull wouldn't it? We can't have everything going smooth-sailing for us all the time.
Because we need a balance.
We put up masks so we don't get hurt. This distances us from the people around us, which is what may some of us want or we do it unknowingly. We fake a smile, a laugh, and think we can pass it off. But what most of us don't really know that a true friend, or someone who's very close to us or family can see it in our eyes. This worries them, because they don't know what's happening; or happened to us. They'd wonder "Why did he/she become like that?", "What happened?" And then there starts the overwhelming concern for our health and such.
We find it annoying. But the thing is, WE started it! We made them worry! So why don't they have the rights to worry? We shouldn't get mad at them, annoyed or irritated, because WE'RE the one who made them worry.
Sometimes we wish to be ourselves so much, but we're afraid that the world won't like us. We have fear of rejection, rejected by the world. So we become somebody else, somebody who's not us, and our personality changes. The way we act, the way we react, it's all because of fear of rejection.
We're so self-conscious that we have can't get out of our comfort zone. But I tell you this, get out of your comfort zone, adapt, it will be worth it. Because being yourself is ten times better than being someone who you're not.
If people don't like you for who you are, just go with the flow. You WILL find friends along the way, and maybe make some enemies. But who cares? Because you're just yourself.
Life is meant to be unpredictable! Ups and downs, good and bads! And hey, if life isn't a rollercoaster, it'd be boring and dull wouldn't it? We can't have everything going smooth-sailing for us all the time.
Because we need a balance.
Good and Evil,
Love and Hate,
Trust and Betrayal,
Honesty and Integrity, opposing
Lies and Deceit.
Love and Hate,
Trust and Betrayal,
Honesty and Integrity, opposing
Lies and Deceit.
As dawn to dusk,
As darkness is to light,
As sunrise to sunsets,
As light to the dark.
If you can't be yourself, then who can you be?
Because one thing's for sure,
We aren't meant to be replicas of somebody else.
Only you can be you, and no one else.
Cause there's only one of you in the world.
As darkness is to light,
As sunrise to sunsets,
As light to the dark.
If you can't be yourself, then who can you be?
Because one thing's for sure,
We aren't meant to be replicas of somebody else.
Only you can be you, and no one else.
Cause there's only one of you in the world.
