History repeats. That’s something my cousin once told me. He said that that’s the reason we take World History. What happened in the past will probably occur in the future as well, so why not brace yourself? The same applies to people. You are who you are. It’s genetically embedded into your DNA and there’s absolutely nothing you can do about it.
At first, I didn’t believe that. I believed in change. I believed that people could be different depending on their environment and the people they interacted with, but now I’ve come to realize your personality isn’t something you can rip out and replace. The egoistic boy will always be the egoistic boy. Maybe he could control it, but that doesn’t change who he is. No matter how much the depressed girl smiles, it doesn’t make her happy. The paranoid mom will always be worried no matter what she does to try to calm her nerves. People are who they are. Why not accept it?
I used to think I wasn’t good enough, because that’s what my mom would tell me, but now I’m okay with myself because I know it’s not something I can change. The same mistakes I used to make, I’ll still be making them years from now. If I don’t trust easily and get hurt because of it, I’ll still be doing that years from now, but that would just be who I am. Why do I have to try to confine and change myself? I can’t replace who I am with some robo-girl.
Just be okay with yourself and make yourself the best you can be. That’s all you should be asked to live up to. There’s no such thing as perfection, so just enjoy life as who you are. I know it sounds cheesy, but isn’t it true? Don’t we all wish we could just be us without constantly trying to be someone better? Or maybe it’s just me.
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There’s no such thing as perfection, so just enjoy life as who you are.
-Milk.Carton
First of all you tricked me... I thought this post was on History.
Look at it this way (really quickly i want to say something right before i talk about the quote i pasted above ^) History repeats itself... This should not come about if there is change (Progressive am i right) So if you have some one staring at a stupid mistake (holocaust, McCarthyism, Salem Witch Trials) then they will change something... thus preventing the mistake. people don't like to be wrong so they change things to be right.
Now about the quote i quoted you on :) this is very true people should be happy with thier lives and themselves, but.. what if they do not like themselves, then they should fit it to what makes them happiest (do you agree?) What if the Paranoid Mom does not like (at all) being Paranoid, she can take relaxing things and change herself so that she is happy. Happiness is more important than who you are, you should be what makes you happy, if that means change, than change. GO HAPPINESS :)
PS does this make any sense because after re-reading it it does not make sense to even me?(but i was to lazy to fix it)
Saint O Nothin' Says
Always go FORWARD, going straight will get you no where!
-Greenday
Sorry for tricking you =] I realized that it kind of didn't fit after I read it too
But, it kind of was about how history repeats. =] Things you do repeat. Haha, I don't know. >.< Don't worry. I rarely make sense to myself either =] Ummm. Yes, people can change what they don't like about themselves to some degree, but you can't really change your personality. The paranoid mom can relax, but she was born a person who worries a lot. If you don't like yourself, I don't think that's a very smart idea because you can't really change that. It actually does kind of boil down to just genetics and DNA. If you do change what you don't like about yourself, say, you're the type of person who speaks without thinking (like me =[), you can try to control your mouth. Still, that doesn't change the fact that you REALLLLY want to just burst out about something completely out of the blue. But, yes, happiness is definitely a go =D
Well actually personality comes almost completely off of how you were raised, your skill on interpreting, and the influences everywhere.
Most people don't like to hear this( i don't blame them) but everything you is from some one else. In all the only individualatity you have comes from how you take everything given to you and put it together (i am an individualist by the way... just an odd one).
Now i used to be a soft spoken, really awkward geek kid who hated everyone and/or-especially himself. Now i am a Raging out going wierdo (kind of) who likes to talk and debate. To me change is a great and NATURAL thing (emphasizing not yelling) As a society we evolve socially and should and as people we evolve socially (like when you graduate freshman year of high school and hate half the things you said as a freshman)
I do agree that personality traits are always there but at the same time...
Saint O Nothin' Says
Always go FORWARD, going straight will get you no where!
-Greenday "Jaded"
Yeah, personality traits are still there. I think that's all I'm trying to say. I get what you mean about change. I went through probably something extremely similar, but I think that the "raging out going weirdo" was probably already there (or maybe that's just how I feel about myself). I do agree that how you act depends on your upbringing, but I also think that personality is hard to break away from. When you're a kid, you act a certain way. Take a clumsy girl for example. When she grows up, she will probably still be clumsy. I was this shy kid who didn't speak up because I was afraid of what other people would say about it, but that doesn't mean I didn't have anything to say. I've changed and I can't deny that. I think it's just that I got over letting other people dictate how I live. I don't think my personality has changed much because my friends can still look at what I do and say things like, "Wow, that's such an Anna thing to do." I think it's just a matter of letting your guard down because just because it doesn't come out doesn't mean it's not there. It could just be stored away somewhere that you didn't know you had like certain traits such as confidence and courage. A shy speaker can learn how to get over it, but they still won't be as confident as those who were born naturally talented in communication. You do the things you do because that's just the kind of person you are... If you're a helpful person, you'll be nice to people. You can try to stop caring, and over time, it might actually work in a way, but I think that it would just be numbing the feeling. You're still a helpful person at heart even if you continuously deny it... It makes sense to me. >.< maybe I'm weird.
Don't worry, I don't think you're trying to be mean. =]
We may be now arguing the same point
:))
Saint O Nothin' Says
Always go FORWARD, going straight will get you no where!
-Greenday