Being Your Best You

Have you ever watched babies playing together, whether it was a play date or in a daycare center?  While they may interact with each other from time to time, for the most part, they tend to do their own thing. They aren’t troubled by what is going on around them and could care less if someone is watching them or not. Babies are innocent in their interactions – doing what pleases them and makes them laugh. Even when they are playing with each other, after a while you may see one kind of go off on their own. No longer interested in sharing or doing what the other may want from them. They are content with themselves.

Then why is it, as we get older satisfaction shifts from what we like, to what others like for or about us. We wear clothes that society says is in fashion. We eat food that someone told us tastes good and we go to functions that bore us out of our minds. If we aren’t careful, the older we get, the less of our true selves we can find. It is important that we stay connected to our interests, preferences and goals, so that our lives don’t become puppets for an outsider.

I can only be me and you are only capable of being you. The sooner we accept that, the sooner we will stop looking to see who’s watching and start being our best selves.