The year is 2024. Everyone changes as a person over the years. Everyone becomes more open-minded and accepting. A gift we all have is to be able to express ourselves in any way possible, physically and verbally. But there is one downside to this. We care too much about what others think about us, even people we don’t really care about ourselves.
People are too scared to properly express themselves. They can say whatever they want, but is what they’re saying really true? Why won’t they say who they really are? The answer is sad but simple and it’s being bullied or being judged. Especially in youth, people are afraid they will not fit in. They’re afraid they won’t have friends or people who really appreciate who they are, so they become something they are not. Over the years, technology increased and so does this fear. Individuals can easily insult others on the internet with practically no consequences at all. This causes people to be much more ruthless than they really would be in real life towards the person(s) they are insulting.
Even though there are so many reasons for people to hide themselves and be scared, they shouldn’t. Being a human is being yourself, and letting people see you. Even if the real you is a quiet, introverted person; it matters. It’s so interesting to see how different people can be from each other, and how well people can click despite differences. If we were all the same, it would be boring. There would be no exciting, new experiences, there would be no creativity, and there would be no conflicts. Confliction is not always great, yes, but conflict is what makes up our life. It makes getting over that very hard part of our lives feel even better.
We shouldn’t be scared of what people think of us. Others may think open people are weird, out of place, or maybe even ugly. One or a few people may think this, yes, but not everyone. Beauty is subjective. One ugly or weird thing to one person may be beautiful to the other. Even the “ugliest person in the world” can be pretty to someone. It all matters to find the right person.
People are just too judgemental. The saying “Don’t judge a book by its cover” is fairly popular, but no one seems to listen to it. Everyone should. Everyone should take time to actually get to know people instead of judging their looks and personality. Assumptions are made way too quickly and lead to bad things like rumors. It costs nothing to just be nice. It costs nothing to be mean, as well; but that doesn’t feel as good. And of course, be nice to yourself. Be open and be a little ‘weird,’ be a little ‘ugly.’
