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Daily writing promptIf you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why?View all responses

“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”

― Oscar Wilde, De Profundis

It takes a lifetime to truly know oneself. We are so many different forms of ourselves to so many different people. We are daughters, sisters, mothers, wives, lovers, friends, colleagues, clients, patients, shoppers, and drivers. Then we are the other roles in life we take on, writer, artist, photographer, actor or maybe a career route we have taken like a teacher, dentist, nurse, doctor, factory worker, shop assistant, librarian etc.

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Personally, I’m happy to just be myself. I wouldn’t be comfortable stepping into anyone else’s shoes. If you never learn to love yourself, you will always be discontented. We can never become someone else. We can change the colour of our hair, wear different clothes, and change the pitch of our voice, and our accent. We can have plastic surgery, lose weight, gain weight and recreate ourselves to become an image of what we think others should perceive us to be, like actors in a film. Once the scene is over, and the camera stops filming, the night closes in and the makeup is removed, we are back to being ourselves again. That’s the time when we’re truly alone with ourselves and our thoughts.

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As the saying goes.

All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Just like an artist, poet and a writer will all experience the same view in three different ways. The artist will see lines, shadows, colours and tones. The poet will speak about the view from an emotional point of view. The writer will combine both the physical and the emotional so the reader can see and feel the view internally when they read about it.

To be happy with oneself means accepting ourselves for ourselves. When we come into this world, we are unique, an individual. This uniqueness sets us apart from others. Our journey through life is also unique to us as individuals. Yes, we all have the basic form, whether that be male or female, of the human species, but it is how we, as individuals, see, feel, and experience the world around us that also sets us apart from others.

In today’s world, everyone seems to be shouting about their feelings and giving their feelings shape, form, and names; my pronouns are my feelings, which are as changeable as the weather. Their feelings should be validated by everyone else, but they seem to forget. We all have our own set of feelings and emotions that we don’t wear on our sleeves for everyone to see.

So be yourself. Remember always, if you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter. For there will always be a greater and lesser person than yourself. Enjoy your achievements no matter how humble they may seem to you. Strive to be happy with yourself.

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