A common theme online today is the pressure to conform — the idea that we must all share the same beliefs, with differing opinions always met with others' views pushed as gospel. My ideal love does not have to be yours. Each of us is entitled to our own dreams of romance. I am free to seek out my own desires, and you are free to find the kind of relationship dynamic you deem perfect in your eyes. 

Comparison makes you blind to your own progress. There is enough money, enough jobs, enough attention, and whatever is meant for you will find you. The one thing there is only one of however, is you. No matter how hard anyone tries, no one can be you. So, be you!

I refuse to become the person someone has attempted to paint me out as. So yes, I stay silent. I won’t broadcast our disagreement to the world, and I won’t let a moment of hurt turn me into someone I am not.

We live in a world that is constantly throwing trends, products, and personalities in our faces. We’re all so easily influenced that we’ve lost our individuality. Social media, once a platform to inspire and has quickly evolved into a space of mimicry where authenticity feels like a sin. There’s a beauty in being your own individual person. If we were all the same the world would be such a boring place.