Learn From Aladdin

Beeeeee yourself!

Aladdin, the well-known Disney movie, may be meant for little kids, (though some of us big kids enjoy it as well...) it has a lot of good advice. For instance, the scene where Aladdin is on Jasmine's balcony under the identity of Prince Ali, Genii turns into a bee in order to help him "woo" her. He whispers into Al's ear "Just beeee yourself!" Hahaha, because he is a bee, this little line is humorous, but it has a whole lot of truth in it.

Many times, people, especially teen-agers act differently than their true selves. Why? To fit in with a certain social group, be "cool", or maybe because they do not like themselves. First off, God loves you for who you are, just as you are.

I know I have had some trouble in this area. I tried to change to fit in with some of the girls on the team, be liked by a guy, grab attention towards myself, and other stuff like that. I realized that I wasn't happy and in my case, wasn't becoming friends with the "cool" kids, wasn't attracting the guy, but I was drawing attention to myself.. because I was acting like an idiot!

So, my venting time is over and I leave you with these short, simple, words with a lot of potential:

JUST BE YOURSELF!

love ya!