All our lives, we've been taught to be ourselves. Never forget to be yourself, they say. Yet, there will always be people who molds themselves into what they think society wants them to be-- hiding behind masks, hiding underneath false comfort. Like most people, I used to hide behind a mask. People said that girls always needed to be prim and proper, that pink is for girls and blue is for boys. So, for some time in my elementary years, I told myself that I should like pink, I should like make up and brushing my hair. I shouldn't like video games, I shouldn't be interested in technology. However, (luckily), in my first year in high school, I met some friends that also, figuratively speaking, liked blue. They encouraged me to be myself and not to be afraid of favoring things most girls don't. Fortunately, my old friends didn't judge the change in my personality. I'm blessed to be surrounded by people who accepted all of me- my flaws, my differences. I know some don't have those.
Although it seems like I'm a very extroverted person, I classify more as an ambivert. I equally love being alone and socializing. I'm also a patient person. I've seen countless of times the way my parents act coolly when they could've lashed out on us (their kids) or their employees and I wanted to be patient like that too. I also consider myself as a leader. I can make decisions for a team, considering each member. I'm also innovative and creative. I love painting, sketching– basically creating something. But the one thing I really love about myself is that I'm bubbly. I'm able to talk and interact with different kinds of people. I'm able to see a whole new world through their thoughts and opinions. I'm able to widen my ideas and how I see things through them. But most of all, I am also able to comfort them-- giving them someone who they know will listen to them and show them that they are not irrelevant; they matter.
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