I Lost Myself The Day I Lied

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I lost myself the day I lied,
Not to anyone else,
But to myself,
And that day I lost respect in my own eyes.

We try to be perfect,
To impress others,
We lie, and not to them,
But to ourselves.

Being perfect is not everything,
Being the person we are is what matters,
Because the whole world is going to comment,
The whole world is going to mock,
But what makes us strong,
Is the personality we really are.

Be yourself,
Don’t be afraid,
A person who truly likes you,
Will like you for who you are,
And not who you are trying to be,
And will accept you as yourself.

Even more than that,
It is important to accept yourself,
It is important to feel good about yourself,
And when you be yourself,
You discover something more,
And that discovery is unique.

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