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her maman and asked: “Who
are you?” Christopher looked BEING YOURESELF
at her face and said: “I am your
only child who you gave birth to
and threw him near the forest
and was saved by another self when we are constantly
good mother, so that child is getting distracted and being
really me!” Camilla heard those influenced by the media and
words; sadness filled her heart. society’s way of life. But if
She cried and begged his son you want to reach your fullest
for forgiveness by telling him potential in life, it all starts
that it was poverty that made with being yourself.
her throw him away. UMUTONI Nadia, S6PCB Being yourself is all about
Christopher took the mother eing yourself is knowing what you believe in
home, and when Camilla guiding your actions and the values that you live
arrived, she was amazed at the and decisions based by. When you are not yourself,
beautiful and large house, with Bon what you believe. you will take on the values and
a beautiful garden that her child It’s making choices because beliefs of others. This is when
lives in, but she was ashamed those are the things you want you start conforming to other
of what she had done to her to do, not because you feel people’s expectations and way
child. She found Elizabeth and expected to. of thinking. When you know
Cassandra ready for her, and When it comes to being your values and why you do
they welcomed her with love yourself, there can be a lot what you do, you will live
and kindness. After dinner, they of pressure from the outside according to your own values
had a serious conversation; world as it tries to influence and beliefs.
Camilla asked for forgiveness who you are. Living in a
and thanked Elizabeth for society that is constantly Being yourself comes with
caring his son from day one she developing, it’s important establishing your own
throws him away. They forgave for you to always be yourself identity; there will be times
her and promised not to leave from the inside out. When you when you may feel lost or
one another ever again no deeply know yourself, your distracted, but if you have your
matter what. values and the boundaries own identity you’ll be able
to get back on the right path.
that you have set, you are
Parents, take care of your more likely to experience a Without establishing your
children, no matter what fulfilling and rewarding life. own identity, you may easily
happens, no matter how bad it Without knowing yourself and conform and lose yourself.
is. Also, everyone should treat establishing those boundaries, When you are able to have a
every child as his own. A child you can easily be pushed solid foundation of being you,
is a blessing. around and end up on a dirt you are establishing your own
sense of identity. No matter
path.
Have love and kindness whe- You have the option of taking what happens in your life, you
rever we are. the path that is broad or taking will always know who you
are.
the path that is narrow. You
“Try to be a can either conform to what Build courage to be who you
life wants you to be, or have
are; it takes a great amount
rainbow in the courage to remain true to of courage when you decide
yourself throughout the years.
someone’s cloud” It’s definitely a challenge to take the path that goes
against the crowd. The reason
_Maya Angelou. to have a strong sense of why the majority of people
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