One Step at a Time

"I often feel trapped in people's ideas of who I am... stuck by it."

This was a statement made by someone whose blog I read, and I have to say that it struck me, as I too feel I have an issue with this.

I often tend to define myself by what and who others think I am. Even if what they think is negative, I tend to internalize it and believe it. It's a bad habit that I need to learn to overcome. I know that I'm not what others perceive me to be, as they don't know me as fully and deeply as they should before passing judgement, either positive or negative, on me.

The whole point of this is to say that I am my own person, not the product of other people. I cannot define myself, on who or what I am, based on those around me. I have to define myself based on my own beliefs and values and morals, and it's been a hard road for me to travel to realize this.

I have always taken to heart what others have said and thought about me, and let it affect me in negative ways and let it influence my actions in negative ways, and it's about time I start being my own person and move on from the past ways I allowed myself to be affected.

On this journey of mine, this is one more step in furthering myself and finding who I really am. And I couldn't be happier. :)