What does it mean by Being true to yourself ?
Let’s face it. In my opinion this is the best words to start understanding what is to be true to yourself. Today we all live in such an atmosphere where everybody will tell us what we should do and what we should not. Our freedom of being ourselves is being decreased day by day. It is getting too difficult to be true to yourself. In result of it, we started hiding our feelings and our thoughts. In other words, we started faking ourselves. We are so much in pressure of being good and happy, we are ignoring what we actually feel. We are also afraid of being not accepted by the society around us, if our wish and opinion are not falling under their expectation.
Sometimes you are actually looking for a place or the atmosphere where you can be yourself. You don’t have to put a mask on you. You must also be looking for a place where you can express yourself without being scared of what others will think of you. Is there any place like this exists?
Today, I am going to tell you ‘YES’, that place is exist and there around you. Now you will think this is not true and how it is possible. So today I am going to give you very important tips to be true to yourself. You just need to follow it religiously and you will start creating wonders around you. Let’s have a look on those tips.
How you can be true to yourself
Be honest with yourself
You have to ask yourself a question, is this you wanted from your life? You have to be honest to yourself and if the answer is ‘NO’ than have to back yourself up and work it out. It’s hard to be honest to yourself in starting but believe me eventually it will help you to be happy in your life. Once you start being honest to your each and every decision you will start seeing the difference in your life and this will be the first step to be true to yourself.
Learn to say ‘No’
I believe this is the common mistake we all make when we talk about to be true to yourself. We all are so sensitive on what others will feel if they will hear’ No’ from us on anything. Here, we compromise our wish and thoughts and started faking to ourselves and to others. If you really feel bad saying direct NO then I will suggest you negotiate but don’t kill your opinion and wish. In starting you might feel that you are being rude. But I will assure you, it is not called rude it is called being assertive. By following this you will start getting closer to be true to yourself.
Accept yourself of what you are
‘What people will think?’This is the most common hurdle you all have while being true to yourself. I really don’t understand why we all have to think what others will think about us. If you are different then what they think and expect from you to be then let it be. It’s their problem if we don’t fit into their requirement. We don’t have to kill our happiness just to make others happy. I would like to hear from you that does it matter others happiness on yours?
So accept yourself of what you are. No matter what others want from you to be. Once you will start follow this tip you will see much more difference around you.
Stand up for what you
believe
Once you started accepting yourself then the very next step is to start believing yourself. In your life if you want support from others then first you have to support yourself by believing yourself. This is the most common characteristics of great leader ‘Believing yourself’. This might be painful in beginning to stand up for what you believe because there will be the time where nobody will stand with you on what you believe on particular thing. At this time you have stay strong and have to be true to yourself and stick to your belief.
Remove people who
don’t support you
It is always advisable to stay in positive atmosphere and people. So if you see anybody around you who doesn’t like you the way you are. In other words if you see anybody who doesn’t support you in any of your life’s decision then it’s high time to just remove those people from your life. Here, I am not saying to be rude to them. You just kindly say thank you to them and ask them to leave from your life and find new people who will give you positivity. This is the best tip to get started to be true to yourself.
Be courageous to
dream big
This is the most important tip to be true to yourself. Here, first and for most you have to keep all your so called social responsibility aside from your mind. Now you think what you are actually passionate about? What you always wanted to do in your life?
I dare you to answer all this questions and give yourself a little bit room to just try once to follow it and see it is possible and worth doing for rest of your life or not. I am guarantee you if you do it dedicately without thinking what others will think of you then you will create wonders.
Appreciate yourself
I don’t think, we should wait for others to appreciate ourselves when we know we have done something good. You just need to proud of what you do. Before anybody will tell you anything you have to analysis yourself.Be honest what you have done. If it is worth appraising it then do it without waiting for other to recognized and appreciate it. This is how you have to be true to yourself.
Do what makes you happy
This is something really simple to understand if we want. When you wake up next morning and open your eyes, I want you to think and ask yourself who is ultimately the responsible person on the earth for your smile and happiness. If your answer is you then you are thinking correctly. Now next thing is what makes you happy. List all, things out. I want you to just do all of them without thinking what others will think. I assure you once you will start doing it you will feel so energized and positive in your life.
Comments
Post a Comment