Like yourself? Think again.

There are times when I like to sit down and think, not about anything in specific but just think.
Like sit down and let everything run through my mind; decisions that I’ve taken, people that I’ve met, things that I’ve done and the likes of it.
And every time something like this happens, the one question which never fails to pass my mind is if I like what I am becoming.

Every day we go outside, interact with people, do things, represent ourselves by the decisions that we make, break ourselves and fix ourselves again,  let days pass us by,  but do we take a moment and think?
Sit down sometime and instead of thinking about other people just ask yourself one question, “Do I like the person that I am becoming?”
Did you like the way your day went today?
Did you like the way you behaved with people who were nice to you?
Did you reciprocate the effort someone else was making to keep a conversation alive?
Were you actually conversing with people or were you a witness to words being tied loosely in a conversation, by the thread of social conduct?
Did you stand up for something/someone you believed in?
DO YOU LIKE YOURSELF?
Being honest now, I don’t like myself most of the days, I think about the million things that I could’ve done things that would’ve made a differenc(e.
Done things differently than I did yesterday.
Chances that I could’ve taken, but I let them pass by.
Things I could’ve changed by a simple effort.

Recently, I’ve come across people who live by the tags they create, Tags that they don’t even fit.
They’ll come up to you and go on about the kind of people they are, the things they like doing,
the kind of people they don’t like, and during all of this, the only thing that’s going on in my mind is, “Wow! You sure know how to limit yourself. Kudos to you for that!”

  Like my friend, an otherwise subtle and sensible person, was crying the other day and took me by complete surprise after that she asks me if I think people who cry are weak.
Honestly, I was expecting her to maybe talk about what was troubling her or maybe say something in self-assurance, instead of trying to define herself in moments like these.
Why is it so difficult to not articulate everything in a perfect manner? To put labels on everything, to know exactly what to say, to find the right words every time and limit ourselves, by what we know and what we think we know?
Are all of us suffering from a twisted version of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder perhaps?

In moments like these I want you to shake up and look at yourself, and ask yourself if you like what you are becoming, IF you want to be this person that you are. Not put tags on yourself but just ask this question and answer it in a plain yes or no.
If you want to wake up every morning as the same person and be like this for the times to come.
YES OR NO?
(It’s quite simple if you think about it.)
Wake yourself up from false comfort of being; and go do something that makes you more you, instead of being so caught up in what others would think or maybe what you think.
And, honestly, once you make up your mind, it won’t be all that difficult to be who you want to be.
Or maybe it will be, but I assure you, it'll be worth it.