Jan 27 2009
Be Who You Are
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”~Dr. Seuss
This quote really got to me today.
For me and several other creatives I know, we tend to suppress our true natures. We try to conform and end up miserable because of it.
In my day job, we see a lot of people come through applying for Social Security Disability benefits for physical and mental health problems. With some of the mental problems, I have to wonder how many of them are suppressed creatives that unknowingly turned self-destructive? I know it’s nowhere near all of them. It’s probably a very small number, if I were to know the truth of it.
It actually doesn’t even enter the realm of theories for me at this point. It’s just something I’ve wondered but never given enough thought for it to become a theory.
I’ve decided something for myself: Be who you are and to Hades with what someone else says about who you should be. I’m authentic/transparent online, why shouldn’t I be in my own life?
