08-30-2011, 10:48 PM
I can think of a bunch of soundbites to cover the situation;
It's better to be the person you want than the person they want.
It's better to be happily hated than miserably loved.
Learn to love yourself enough for everyone.
Don't let anyone read you your biography before you've written it.
And so on and so forth, but basically the important thing is that you need to be the one in control of your life, never give up your conviction just because people put you down for it.
Even if they love you their decisions are flawed, they can only tell you what they think is "right", not what will make you happy, and I can tell you first hand that sometimes you have to do some stupid things to be happy, or even just to work out what would make you happy.
Of course, it's a damn sight easier for me to sit here and say that than for you to follow through with it, but I'm sure the other freaks and weirdos around here will back me up in saying that life is more interesting when you're as strange as you want to be.
It's better to be the person you want than the person they want.
It's better to be happily hated than miserably loved.
Learn to love yourself enough for everyone.
Don't let anyone read you your biography before you've written it.
And so on and so forth, but basically the important thing is that you need to be the one in control of your life, never give up your conviction just because people put you down for it.
Even if they love you their decisions are flawed, they can only tell you what they think is "right", not what will make you happy, and I can tell you first hand that sometimes you have to do some stupid things to be happy, or even just to work out what would make you happy.
Of course, it's a damn sight easier for me to sit here and say that than for you to follow through with it, but I'm sure the other freaks and weirdos around here will back me up in saying that life is more interesting when you're as strange as you want to be.