It’s the ultimate cliché and something we all hear a
thousand times over: to be truly happy, you need to start with yourself. But
how often do we not live up to this? Media outlets are bombarding us with
images of how we should look, society is telling us how we should act, and
people with limited beliefs are telling us how we should feel.
A lot of the time, we are forced to define ourselves
by other people’s ideas and perspectives. We seem to care too much about what
other people think of us and live our lives pleasing or conforming to what
society as a whole tells us is right.