Be what you really are.

People feel if they are like a particular person then everything will be alright for them but that really is not so. We were all made to be what we are meant to be so that our full potentials and true self will reflect from inside out. Some people are afraid of what they really are because they feel they won't be accepted but I tell you , "Be all you can be" and you'll be well respected anywhere you go. I heard a quote from a movie I saw and till today I can never and will never forget that quote. it is really inspiring because it helps people see that holding yourself in high esteem brings out the best in you with effective alacrity. You don't have to suffer and be what your friends want you to be and infact, they are not really friends. Let them be friends with you on your own terms and not on theirs, you don't have to bend to their rules and suffer for not being who you are. The quote went like this:
" 'Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.' We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we subconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
Via Marianne Williamson.
David Taylor in the movie "the gospel" found out that all he could be was a christian and he didn't find joy until he became who he really was.