They say…

“Be yourself… everyone else is already taken.”

And yet—

look around.

So many faces…

blending into one another.

Same choices…

same words…

same versions of “acceptable.”

And then there are a few—

the ones who don’t quite fit the mould.

Not loud. Not rude. Not rebellious for show…

just quietly… themselves.

And strangely—

those are the ones people often smirk at.

But here’s the truth no one says out loud—

they are the free ones.

They don’t perform.

They don’t rehearse.

They don’t carry the exhaustion of pretending.

Because they know—

anyone who stays…

stays for who they truly are.

And that kind of connection?

It doesn’t need masks.

Because masks are heavy…

and no one can carry them forever.

One day, they slip.

One day, they fall.

And when they do—

they don’t just break the illusion…

they break the people who believed in it too.

So today…

choose ease over approval.

Truth over performance.

And peace over perfection.

Be the person you are—

because the one person

who will stay with you… forever—

is you.

And when you accept you…

the world slowly learns to follow.

— Suvi’s Scribbles