I'm me!, 2003-04-05, 10:33 a.m.
I came to a realization yesterday.
When I was in high school, I wanted to look a part. I picked clothing that I loved and wore out and stood out. They were very me. Yet, when I was nervous about things, I tried to dress a part. I would wear things because I thought the occasion demanded it. One incident would be when I was going downtown to a drama awards show. I wanted to look 'downtown'. I didn't.
Now that I work with teens, I see them doing the same. Trying to look a part. I wish I could tell them my realization and have them believe it.
If it is how you are, you are enough. You are enough. You are enough. If I wore what I wore to school to the awards show, I would have looked enough. For one, it was downtown looking. But past that, it was me looking. It was something I was comfortable and secure in. And that's enough.
I don't try to dress like a teacher. I am a teacher. How I dress is like a teacher. I don't try to dress a certain way that I'd like to be. How I am is how I am. Inwardly and outwardly I reflect that. Because how can I not.
The preceding rant has been brought to you by a lack of antihistimines and the sniffles. And the letter A. For me. :)
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