Do you think you were born to be who you are? Do you think who you are right now is who you really are? Look at your life, see how your personality changes each time you enter a different room, how you dress differently, talk differently, eat, laugh and even sneeze differently.

As you read this, I would request you to first stop and change into the person you really are. The person we never see. Listen to the little voice in you head read this, as its intonation rises and falls. Create your own space, loud or quiet, a book or a drink, soft or hard or, slow and easy. I would ask you to close your eyes but then you wouldn’t read this. So then, pick a room; could be a church, an office, a class, a date, a walk alone, movies in a theatre or maybe in your room, I could go on and on with the list but lets cut to the chase. Realize the person you have suddenly become.

Realize how your laughter has changed, how much brighter your smile has become, how relieved you feel. Breathe in the air and feel the sneeze building up, do you let it out or hold it in? There’s a plate of your favourite meal placed infront of you, take a bite, might ruin your lipstick or maybe not coz you have none; might spill on your clothes and you might feel embarrassed or nothing at all. Would you lick it off? Maybe you have to throw it away, pretend to use a napkin. Never learnt to use a fork and knife? Ha!

It has been said that personality remains constant and that its only our attitude that changes but I think today you and I have proven that the only constant is change. You have realized you learnt how to stifle a laugh, how to hold back that sneeze. You learnt how to walk with your shoulders held high, how to dress differently for each room and , you forgot how to yawn( i know you’re yawning as we read this). So, dear reader, remember this, being yourself is overrated because in the end, all this different personalities are part if who we are.