Being a people

I was thinking earlier about the fact that I finally decided to completely be myself. I always said I didn't care what people think but a small part of me always did. There was still a piece of the puzzle that is me missing. (booooo) When you're young you often think you have to be like everyone else to fit in or for people to like you. But then you get a little older and realize that none of that means anything. You don't feel a need to fit in because it is a made up concept. What does that mean? Fitting in. What are we fitting in with? The crowd, the mainstream idea of what we're supposed to be like? We are humans, not candy you try to 'fit in' your pocket before you go to the movies. Then I thought of how odd it is that you have to "learn to be yourself" and to "not care." But what really got me thinking about all of this is a quote I saw on tumblr..

"To be a happy person, one has to drop all comparison. Drop all these stupid ideas of being superior and inferior. You are neither superior nor inferior. You are simply yourself! There exists no one like you, no one with whom you can be compared. Then, suddenly, you are at home."

You are simply yourself. It's literally that easy. Yet we still make it so hard for ourselves and so unnecessarily. I'm not going to say that people will always like you for who you are, because they won't. Sometimes people won't like you. And that's okay. Certain personalities don't mesh, there's nothing wrong with that. That being said don't confuse hating someone with not getting alone with someone, those are two different things. Don't hate anyone. It is very useless. Just fucking love people for who they are. Just fucking do it. That's my advise. Because it's really not hard to do. You can not get along with anyone but yourself and your dog, but still love people just for being people. Because being a people is pretty rad.