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Please Celebrate Your Youniqueness

Beware of shrinking yourself for the benefit of others

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Ali Hall
May 28, 2023
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You have a wonderful opportunity during your lifetime. One role that no one else can fulfill. And that’s to be the best possible version of yourself. Embrace all your quirks, idiosyncrasies, peculiarities, and effervescent youuniqueness.

As soon as we are born, we are shoehorned through a mould. We are taught how to behave, what to think, and to adhere to gender stereotypes. Cajouled onto the conveyor belt of life.

When we are “too much,” we are squashed down. When we “aren’t enough,” we are shamed.

Like an intricate and sculpted diamond, we are each handmade individuals. Despite expectations, the human psyche is not produced in a sweatshop.

Imagine a world where instead of trying to blend in and be like everyone else, we stood proudly in our own Aurora Borealis of light.

Remember what they say about comparison

Theodore Roosevelt famously said, “Comparison is the thief of joy.”

I grew up in the shadows of a sibling. I lived a life of comparison…

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