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comment by Optimouse
Optimouse  ·  3219 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Do you always like being yourself? When do you not like being yourself?

I do. I don't like being myself when I am 10, and lying to my grandpa. I don't like myself when I am 17, and failing high school because it doesn't matter. But I like being me in any present moment. I am in control of me now. I figured out I can _chose_ how to feel about something and if I regret something I just did, I don't hate myself for it. I learn from it and deal with the consequences impartially and move on.