2007-11-11 12:39:21 · 14 answers · asked by Brandon A 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
my mother and I were just talking about this today..and how lost some people are because they have no idea who they really are!! I was lucky to be raised in a way that all of us kids have embraced who we are no matter how weird or different we are to anyone else.... It is better to be yourself, whether you are boring or weird...you are the only YOU in this world, why be anyone else when you have a chance to be YOU?? :-) Accept who you are..you will shine!!
2007-11-11 15:40:41 · answer #1 · answered by ~MEEEOW~ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Self not being self, not being for self, not being as self is very much hard work all the time. Being self in its self does not mean being of the qualities weird or 'different', as everyone is different and new or strange or 'weird' or 'queer' as being different; how you are perceive is in the others mind, so, that is where the weirdness, queerness and strangeness is.....what about newness.
The Will is positive, the Judgment is negative.
2007-11-11 21:09:57 · answer #2 · answered by Psyengine 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The labels you gave are perceived by others, (or assumed to be). Why would this be relevant to anything?
One can only "pretend" to be other than oneself. That will ultimately "do you in" as a false persona is always discovered. Personally, I like being unique. Eccentric, weird, zany, whatever anyone wishes to name me.
I am who I am, & have never even considered playing a role. (Many do, to their detriment.)
Would you rather have someone believe you are someone who you are not, (&, you can't please everyone), or to know who you are & accept you?
There are, of course, situations in which diplomacy dictates that we don't "disclose" every single thing about ourselves. But that is not at all the same as not "being oneself."
2007-11-11 23:49:08 · answer #3 · answered by Psychic Cat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course it's better to be yourself. the more different u are and the more u can accept ure self for who u are, the more people will envy u, yet...u wont care much about their opinion since u already comfortable about ure self.
2007-11-11 21:00:15 · answer #4 · answered by mystic_fish_white 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Precisely because the tyranny of opinion is such as to make eccentricity a reproach, it is desirable, in order to break through that tyranny, that people should be eccentric. So said John Stuart Mill.
Following the crowd isn't going to satisfy you or your friends, as the crowd is invariably wrong or ill-informed. Develop your own interests and ideas, whilst learning from the mistakes of others.
2007-11-11 20:48:36 · answer #5 · answered by John 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Normaly yourself,but I`ve been situation where I thought it was better not be myself,such as job interviews,funerals,weddings depending on what you are calling weird and different.
2007-11-11 20:52:10 · answer #6 · answered by M-2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes pure and simple. but then again if we are telling you to be yourself then aren't we pressuring you to be different. isn't that just as bad. or is it. in reality it's for your better mental health to be your self.
2007-11-11 21:21:18 · answer #7 · answered by Ossren 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lol, what kind of question is that. If you follor other's guidelines of who a person is, you'd start feeling fake and bad about yourself. Being yourself makes you feel free and liberated. I suggest be yourself.
2007-11-11 21:04:53 · answer #8 · answered by Kari 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Better and wierd are relative terms, We are all different, and you cannot be anything other than yourself.
2007-11-11 20:52:48 · answer #9 · answered by Gee Whizdom™ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our minds are as different as our finger prints -
no two are alike. Yet there is conscience that brings
us together. That provides unity in diversity.
2007-11-11 21:03:58 · answer #10 · answered by d_r_siva 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋