The advantages of being yourself

Who has not ever hidden their true “self” for fear of what people will say, for fear of rejection or of being criticized? We wish to be accepted by society, and many times we do not show ourselves as we truly are but rather we try to give the best possible image. Perhaps because we are not aware of the advantages of being ourselves.

Is it worth not being yourself? Absolutely not, because no matter what we do, no matter how we show ourselves, there will always be people who don’t like us.

So since we are going to have people criticize us anyway, why pretend to be someone different? Even any handsome and famous actor is going to have an audience against us, it would be illogical not to be yourself to try to please, because That is never completely achieved.

The advantages of being yourself are that in addition to being authentic and that brings well-being, The people who accept us are doing so for who we really are.because whoever tries to please, sooner or later will have to stop pretending.

One of the advantages of being yourself is that you don’t have to put in the effort to pretend and pretend, you just have to let yourself be…

Being accepted without being yourself causes discomfort

We should never try to please or meet the expectations of others, since When we manage to be liked for who we really are, we will find true relationships and satisfactory.

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Differences between my “I” and the one I teach the world

As far as we can reach, the only meaning of human existence consists of turning on a light in the darkness of mere being.

CG Jung

Let’s reflect to realize if we are being ourselves. We tend to want to be perfect in front of people and that is not necessary because curiously People feel more comfortable around human and imperfect people.
The more in line our true self is with what we show to others, the more satisfaction and good relationships we will obtain.. Living a life of appearances causes unhappiness, what is better? Fall well and be unhappy? Or fall badly and be happy?

Let’s always put our happiness as a priority, because no one is going to live life for us and outside opinion is not important.

How many people have we rejected for not being themselves… How many have lied to us to appear better and perhaps we would have liked them for who they really were.

If they ever reject us, at least it’s really for what we were and not for what we have pretended, don’t you think? Because in the end No matter how much we put on a mask, it has to fall one day or another.

Free yourself from what others expect of us

Loneliness does not come from not having people around you, but from not being able to communicate the things that seem important to you, or from maintaining certain points of view that others consider inadmissible.

CG Jung

The key to being yourself is not to care what others expect of us, that is not important because we could never please everyone. We don’t have to be within anyone’s ideal patterns, we are as we are and it is better to show it as early as possible to attract like-minded people.

Do they expect us to be polite, orderly and friendly? What difference does it make, We have come to this life to be happy and not to please others.it is better that we show ourselves as we are and that will make us feel authentic and, above all, people who love us as we are will approach us.

Among the advantages of being yourself is that of beginning to accept ourselves, love ourselves and stop wanting to please others. This will make us much happier

The reward of being yourself

There is nothing more gratifying than having people around us with whom we can be ourselves.showing our defects and still feeling that they love us and accept us.

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That is much better than being what we are not and being liked by hundreds of people, because that would be living for others, since No matter how much we deceive people, we cannot deceive ourselves. and inner discomfort will appear no matter how much others accept us.

Practice the art of being authentic, apart from the fact that it will bring you well-being and liberation, you will attract stable, long-lasting and satisfying relationships.

Are you ready to enjoy the advantages of being yourself?