Alex Corey
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It’s Not My Business Anymore
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” When I first read this quote by Irish playwright Oscar Wilde, only one thing came to mind. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been concerned with what others thought about me. When I look back at much of my early life, as well as my first few years of young adulthood, I’ve found that I’ve hidden many things about myself. However, the two of the biggest things I’ve hidden about myself are that I’m a performer and my autism. Even though these things make me unique and have expanded my social circle a bit, the fact that some people knew these things about me led to me being bullied. As a result, I found myself keeping my guard up and hiding these things from the world to avoid even the possibility of being teased. Looking back, I truly regret the fact that I did that because I ended up missing out on the opportunities to make more friends and try new things. In fact, the one thing I wish I could say to those who bullied me and made me feel inferior is, “What you think of me is none of my business anymore.”
By Alex Corey4 years ago in Motivation