I Know the Real Me

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In our lives there is only one person that we really need to learn how to be kind to, care for, rely on, be honest with, and just overall love and respect, and that person is our own self. Then with this knowledge we are capable of sharing all that we have learned with others and giving them the things we want in return. Yet if we never learn how to respect ourselves we end up not experiencing life to the fullest. When one does not know how to appreciate oneself they cannot truly be happy. They begin to get depressed and/or lead their own life to what, according to others, is the path they should take.

My experiences only prove the above. From the beginning of my sixth grade to about the time I started high school, I led a life that I had no control over. People can argue that no one can make you do something or act a certain way if you don't want to but when everyone around you acts a certain way and you have no one else to turn to, you really have no choice. Especially as a teenager it's not easy to stand up to your peers. All throughout my middle school years I wasn't...

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