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Be Yourself

“To be nobody – but- yourself – in a world which is doing

it’s best night and day, to make you someone else –

means to flight the hardest battle which and

human being can flight; and

never stop fighting.”

 E.E. Cummings 1894 – 1962, American Poet        

 

As I see it . . . . . . .

Be yourself

 

Be yourself . . . . the best self that you can be.

 

There is always someone who wants to come into your life . . . . to make you over into their image for you. They won’t ask for your permission . . . . Or if you want a makeover they just zoom ahead . . . . and tell how you should look . . . . how you should act . . . . and who you should be.

 

It’s not about adjusting because you do that all of your life . . . . No it about someone who wants to take control over you . . . . and their image for you.

 

It’s hard enough being who you are . . . . then in trying to live your life through someone else’s eyes.

 

Be yourself . . . . and grow into the best person that you can be. You have to live in your body . . . . and when you get a little better each day you will become the best you that you can be.

 

 

©2015 Lou Ludwig Motivational Power Quote, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Belinda Spillman
Aspen Lane Real Estate Colorful Colorado - Aurora, CO
Colorado Living!

I have been in those situations before Lou Ludwig where someone was trying to make me into something I wasn't.  They finally gave up.  I guess I am UN-Moldable.  

Jul 30, 2015 08:02 AM
David Shamansky
US Mortgages - David Shamansky - Highlands Ranch, CO
Creative, Aggressive & 560 FICO - OK, Colorado Mtg

If you cant be yourself then you are lying to everyone... INCLUDING yourself

 

thats sad

Jul 30, 2015 10:10 AM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Lou- it is so important to remember this and allow our children to be themselves. It's a shame that many of us don't figure this out until we're older.  It is so much easier to be who you are. 

Jul 30, 2015 10:24 AM
Jennifer Provencio
San Diego County and Central Valley - Oceanside, CA
The Reverse Mortgage Speciailist

Lou Ludwig great post! It's so important to just be yourself and be true to yourself. Thanks for the reminder. 

Jul 30, 2015 10:27 AM
Yolanda Cordova-Gilbert
Richmond, TX

Lou,

 It is like that song I gotta be me...I learned a toast when I 13 by reading a book that a grandma had made it up and I live by it

" To those who wish us well and those that don't can go to hell"

Jul 30, 2015 10:32 AM
Silvia Dukes PA, Broker Associate, CRS, CIPS, SRES
Tropic Shores Realty - Ich spreche Deutsch! - Spring Hill, FL
Florida Waterfront and Country Club Living

Lou, be true to yourself and you will come across as a genuine person.

Jul 30, 2015 10:50 AM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Their is a poem titled "Myself" written by Edgar Allen Guest a really long time ago. I memorized it in elementary school for the talent show.  Let's see if I still remember it.

Myself, by Edgar Allen Guest

I have to live with myself and so

I want to be fit, for myself to know

I want to be able as days go by

To look myself straight in the eye

I don't want to stand with the setting sun

and hate myself for the things I've done

I don't want to keep on a closet shelf

a lot of secrets about myself,

and fool myself as I come and go

into thinking that nobody will know

The kind of man I really am

I don't want to dress myself up in sham

I want to deserve all men's respect,

but here in this struggle for fame and pelf, 

I want to be able to like my self.

I don't want to think as I come and go

That I'm for bluster and bluff and empty show.

I never can hide myself from me

I see what others may never see,

I know what others may never know,

I never can fool myself..and so,

Whatever happens, I want to be

Self respecting and conscience free.

Jul 30, 2015 11:47 AM
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

You need to be yourself or you will be caught in a lie

Jul 30, 2015 11:53 AM
Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS
Fathom Realty Washington LLC - Tacoma, WA
South Puget Sound Washington Agent/Broker!

Like it or don't; I can only be what I am, myself Lou Ludwig 

Jul 30, 2015 02:58 PM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Burlington, MA
Metro Boston Homes For Sale

Lou Ludwig - and still we want to live the life others want us to live....why?

Jul 30, 2015 03:32 PM
Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

I am so old now that I can only be. I try to remember to try not to change people just let them be their best they can be.

Jul 30, 2015 10:59 PM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Hi Lou -- I gotta be ME --- it's the only person I really know.   

Jul 30, 2015 11:21 PM
Stefan Winter
Real Estate in IL & NV | Owner of Real Estate Web Tech | Daily Vlogger - Las Vegas, NV
Owner - Winter Group & Real Estate Web Tech

You can only be the best you, you'll never be the best copycat or best someone else. IF you show your true self you can connect with clients a lot better and get more sales in the long run. Built a brand on you.

Jul 31, 2015 02:22 PM