“If I do this will they think I am weird? If I try this would they think it's nasty? If I wear this would they think it's too ugly and I no longer fit in?“ These are all questions we ask ourselves at one point in life. We want to fit in so no one thinks lowly of us, we want to be able to know what others are talking about; so eventually we start to watch things we may not like, but is that being true to ourselves? No, being true is being able to say “No“ to things we don't like, it's being able to not worry about what others think about us and just love what we love. Being true to oneself is being able to stop ourselves from pleasing others. It is also being able to give yourself permission to do something we limit ourselves on. It is simply loving yourself. This is what I use in my daily life. I ponder into this every day, ruminating “I have to fit in or I won't be able to do anything“ or “If I am weird to them, I will be alone with myself during these high school years“ I used to be the girl who everyone would turn to and ask for their homework or ask for anything they needed in class, the only reason why they were even my “friends“. After no longer letting them; those so-called friends disappeared, I gave in to the thought of having those friends no longer and I cogitate about it all the time. “Say No, Be yourself, Do the things you love, Love yourself, Stop pleasing others“is all my daily way of being true to myself. Be true to yourself always. Never change, those who love you will stay!