The View

So this is not mine.
I saw it on a friend's post.
But, good gravy, does it need to be shared.


The way people view you.

Sometimes I think about

the different characters I play in everybody’s story.⠀⠀⠀⠀
I’m a terrible person in some people's narratives

and a Godsend in others.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
And none of it has anything to do

with the person I truly am.
The lens that others view you through

is colored by their upbringing, beliefs, and individual experiences.
Some people see your bright personality as endearing

and others see it as annoying.
Some people think you’re weak and emotional

and others feel safe to be themselves around you.
Some people think you’re rude and selfish

and others respect the way you stand up for yourself.
Some people admire the way you take pride in the way you look

and others think you’re conceited.
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And none of it has to do with who you truly are as a person.
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What you have to understand

is that you have no authority over how people view you

so never try to control the way others see you

because the only thing that truly matters

when the dust settles down at the end of the day

is what you genuinely see in yourself.