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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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