Be You
- Sally O'Leary-Collins
- May 14, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 17, 2025
The one thing you are guaranteed to achieve and truly succeed at being is yourself - the authentic you.
Yet, you are likely to wish you were like that person over there or this person over here. You likely think many other people are better off than you, better than you and with more advantages, though you do not know them, truly, at all.
These same human beings you wish you were more like, wish they were more like that person over there, this person over here, and so on, and they do not truly know the people they want to emulate, either.
Instead of worrying about those you don't know, whose perceived idyllic lives, successes, or positions you envy from a distance, why not start by getting to know the one person you can truly understand - the person you've spent every day of your life with until now and will continue to be with throughout your life: yourself?
You have, after all, a 100% probability of being guaranteed to succeed in being this person; you, your authentic self, as only you can be! The endeavour starts with getting to know you; the more you know yourself, the easier it is to be you, and while this may seem all too obvious, you might be quite surprised by how little you know yourself once you get down to seriously thinking about it. There is also the necessity to take responsibility for the parts you are in denial of, not particularly keen on, or prefer to disown, though, it is worth remembering you can change, improve or adapt the iky bits as you choose; with outside support and inner work, again, of your choosing.
You’ll find that in being you; being true to yourself, the things you wish you were, had, or could do, are realised or relinquished, and that inevitably you discover an invaluable and dependable friend like no other
Be you - and in doing so, live the life YOU love!
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