Live YOUR Life

Today I'm frustrated. Maybe with myself and maybe with everyone else. The weather was too cold for my liking, my work out was too hard and I took a huge step back in my motivation for happiness. Just a simple bad day.. but there is something on my mind. Something I should probably get off my chest.

When I was a little girl, I was just plain different.
I wasn't afraid to talk to boys that I thought were cute.
I wasn't afraid to be friends with everybody.
I wasn't afraid to say something to someone that needed to hear the truth.
I wasn't afraid to tell the mean girls at school how I really felt.
I wasn't afraid to break up a fight.
I wasn't afraid to be me.
I wasn't. afraid. at. all.

Still don't feel very afraid of those things, however, everyone else on this planet is.. Okay, okay fine.. not everyone. Just a LOT of you.

I find it excruciating to find people hiding behind some grand 'act.' Hiding behind a faux 'you' will only be your doom. We live in an instant gratification world, but no one is instantly gratified with the key things of value in our lives.. work, school, money, relationships.. you name it, it's not good enough and never satisfied. With how many people I've personally come across, it's the same darn thing..

They are living someone else's 

life.

They are wearing the newest clothes, trying the newest fad diet, dating someone with status and $$$, tweeting the latest and greatest gossip, fixing what is NOT broken, eating vegan, buying friends, and wearing the perfect shade of nail polish.. all at the same time. Good grief people.
Yes, you.. I'm talking to you. Are you happy with your life? Are you living YOUR life the way YOU want? Do you wake up in the morning and work each day to perfect yourself and live your dreams.. or are you just pinning them to a board? Did you tell the cute guy at the cafe that you thought he was cute and took a risk that you would be proud of? Did you go to bed last night being happy and honest with reality? Did you try something new?
For a simple change, try it. Jump off the edge and be rebellious. Man, it's only your 'faux' life you are risking. Be you and be real. Don't hide behind a screen and let the world change and shape you. Don't let love be too scary. Don't let personal happiness take over.. oh wait! How scary a thought.

Okay, sorry for that..
sarcasm will rule my life forever.. but at least I'm living mine honestly.
Happy Wednesday.