what is so wrong with just being ME?

ok, ok. i know. i'm weird. maybe some people just don't understand weirdness. i'll tell you what i think- i don't understand what's so wrong with being weird!

sorry, i went off on a little rant there. back to the topic at hand. people are hard to please. let's face it. i mean, honestly, i don't think that I'M hard to please. but, society in general... is DEFINITELY hard to please. someone PLEASE tell me WHAT IS WRONG WITH BEING ME? why oh why do people struggle so much with wanting to be someone else. or being jealous of others because of that person's body, or financial situation, or boyfriend/girlfriend, or home life, and on and on and on and on.

we are so obsessed with being someone else that we've forgotten who we are! WHAT?????? how could someone forget who they are? um, easy. we keep trying to be someone we're not. i'll be honest here. i want to be an actress one day. well, i am an actress already- working on plays and films. but, seriously, i think that there are TONS of amazing actors/actresses out there who aren't trying to act as a career. they're acting to survive! acting like someone else. someone more popular. someone who all the guys/girls like. someone who gets more attention. someone who will make them feel more important. someone who will make them forget about the lonely, self-conscious, sad, unimportant person that they are.

let me tell you this- IT'S ALL BULLSHIT! i don't swear very often, but i feel i must in this case. please don't take offence. you are important! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! the person you pretend to be is NOT important. YOU are the one with the beautiful heart that has been hurt many many times over and over. stop believing the lie that you are not important, or beautiful, or loved, or likeable. AND START BELIEVING THE TRUTH THAT GOD HAS CREATED YOU A PECULIAR TREASURE WHO IS CHERISHED AND LOVED AND IMPORTANT AND UNIQUE!

peculiar (def.)- particular: unique or specific to a person or thing

- markedly different from the usual

- characteristic of one only: distinctive or special

i, for one, would WAY rather be peculiar than be the usual. wouldn't you?