I am not my hair, I am not this skin, I am not your expectations no no, I am not my hair , I ma not this skin, I am a soul that lives within! "India Arie-I am not My Hair"
Since I was little I've been talked about and teased. Growing up it was hard for me, i didn't know who i was as a person. And i wasn't very outgoing kind of quite and not that good at making friends. so i would look at what other kids would do and how many friends they had. I began to act and would want to dress the way they did. Boy did i have an identity crisis (LOL). that was in grade school. When i got to 7th and 8th grade i made a name for myself as the "Bad Girl" and it got me a lot of friends but it also had me in trouble every other day with my teachers. I was just about done with 8th grade when I read a book called The skin I'm in. That helped me kinda find out who I was as a person. My first year of high school a started kinda started to do my own thing; but i got me the same result people where still taking about me. So I talked to my mom and she helped me find away to not let it bother me so much so i began to laugh at what they said and to make jokes too. Now i found who i am as a person and nothing people say get to me I am conferable whit who I am and no one else can say anything
DIFFERENT !!!!
2 comments:
I really admire your openness about your journey to find your own identity and feel good in your own skin. Your quote is beautiful and true to life. I ache for you and the pain you have experienced and am so glad that you have risen above the pettiness of others.
This kind of makes me want to give you a hug. I can relate to wanting to fit in so badly that I wasn't myself, I just mimicked their behavior. I'm glad that you've finally found yourself and that you're comfortable in your own skin.
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