We always hear speakers and entrepreneurs
who deal with self improvement and communication skills; we hear them tell
everyone to just be themselves and everything else will fall in place. But how
helping being yourself actually is? I haven’t even thought about that before.

I have been working all my life to
learn how to be comfortable in my own skin and just accept myself and be me;
just me in its simplest unmodified or masked form. It is very difficult to
reach this point where you are at ease with the way you look, walk, talk, laugh
… etc.

There comes a time when you look
around you and see how it looks to the other parties; are they comfortable with
you as you are with yourself? Are they OK with the level of comfort you have
reached? Do they get offended by the way you express your ideas or feelings? Do
they see you like you see yourself?

I took this look and was not happy
with what I realized. After some observation and thinking; I came to a
conclusion that people do not like it when you are too comfortable with
yourself and they even get intimidated by this one fact. It is almost as if you
are trying to put them down or be superior to them just by being you.

Is it that we reached a point
where people do not believe or trust any more? Is it that they get envious? Are
they programmed to expect the worst out of every situation? Are we all
programmed this way?

But what does it mean to be
yourself and make use of it? To me; it means that no one can hurt me by judging
me, and when they do judge me; it is an indication of a weakness they have. It would
not matter to me if someone is wearing more expensive clothes, or is more
beautiful or attractive, or driving a fancier car. Being me teaches me about my
uniqueness and shows me how to put forward the good and work on the bad. Being me
makes me make rational choices, cause I don’t get ahead of myself, it helps me
be realistic and helps me manage my own expectations. It helps me become bolder
to capture opportunities and live my life fully.

All these benefits and more tell
me that I am doing what is right for me, and I will continue to work hard with
those I care about to see things from my point of view, even if we agree to
disagree; at the end we will have respect for each other, and that alone is an achievment.

Jordan Planet hompage has become one of those pages that I keep open almost all the time .. and I just go there every now and then to refresh the page and see what bloggers have to say .. maybe leave a comment here or there ..

I can’t begin to describe how much I am enjoying the blogging experience … it is like something inside me has been set free … I am able to get my voice heard.

I take this opportunity to thank Jordan Planet for accepting me and featuring my blog on the homepage …

You are all welcome to visit my blog and go through it … and your comments and suggestions are more than valued and appreciated