To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Emerson wrote this in 1841, and it reads like it was written for the age of social media. The pressure to conform — to adopt the opinions, habits, and aspirations of those around you — was not invented by Instagram. It is a permanent feature of social life. Confidence, Emerson argues, is not the ability to impress others. It is the ability to resist the endless pressure to become them.
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
Maya Angelou“Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right.”
Henry Ford“Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it is having the courage to show up and be seen when we have...”
Brené Brown“Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you.”
Walt Whitman