“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's
better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring” this quote make me
think about maybe the most important thing – being yourself.
I want to tell you a story.
Well, I live in the hostel and, you know, there are a
lot people there, all of them are different. Everyone has its own habits,
peculiarities, strangeness and behavior.
In these conditions, you have to live and learn how to communicate with
different people. However, it is very important to fell the boarders between
politeness and indulgence of somebody’s desire. You shouldn’t be afraid of saying that you really don’t
like, you should not agree with the majority if you have another opinion. In
other case, people will think that all is well, you agree to live as they want
and they never know about your point of view.
who you are and say what you feel makes you brave, strong,
independent, and what is more
interesting person.
( I’ve
noticed that many people do that and
then they complained to their friends or parents that they don’t like the
conditions where they live. Besides, when I was a first year student I was the
way as some of these people. )
Why we
should be yourself. Now I want to give
you some reasons
1. When you are able
to have a solid foundation of being you, you are establishing your own sense of
identity. No matter what happens in your life, you will always know who you
are. There will be times where you may feel lost or distracted, but if you have
your own identity you will be able to get back on the right path and not lose
yourself
2. You know what
values and beliefs you have
When you are not
yourself, you will take on the values and beliefs of others. This is when you
start conforming to other people’s expectations and way of thinking. When you
know your values and why you do what you do, you will live according to your
own values and beliefs
3. Build
courage. It takes a great amount of courage when you decide to take the
path that goes against the crowd. The reason why the majority of people take
the broad path is because it’s easy. It’s easy to just follow the crowd. It’s
more of a challenge when you stay true to yourself and establish your own
identity.
4. When you stay true
to who you are, you are more likely to know the goals you want to accomplish
and how to go about accomplishing them. (achieve )You are able to stay focused and
know which direction to take in order for you to accomplish your goals.
Actually, not being
yourself is like a disease. This case even
has a name in medicine. It calls – depersonalization.
What is it? It’s a
kind of panic attack. Depersonalization seems to occur when you have become
less involved with what's going on around you, especially the people around
you, (and become preoccupied with
your own thoughts. These are typically not thoughts about your immediate
surroundings, but thoughts of other people, times and places. The less energy
and attention you bring to your immediate circumstances, the more your thoughts
wander toward ideas that can only happen in your imagination.)
To avoid this disease and consequences of not
being yourself you just should:
·
Firstly, understand that your mistakes are part of
your learning. There is no right way to do anything. Just look at yur past as
an adventurous biography
·
Secondly, don’t compare yourself to others because you
are not them
·
Thirdly, accept your weaknesses as your features
·
What is more, stand up for what you belive even ots
unpopular it will also your feature which can help you to show your
individuality
·
Moreover, surround you people who want you to be
successful
·
Finally, express your emotions in a creative way
In my conclusion I
would like to say, being myself is something you have to choose every
day. It is not just in your attitude — it is in every decision
you make. It is in every look you
give, every word you utter, every step you walk.
Every time I wake
up, I have to choose be myself over and over again.
(No matter what you
experience in life, the only person that will always
remain constant is you)
Hi Alina! Thank you for your speech, I enjoyed reading it.
ОтветитьУдалитьI should say the body paragraphs list off good and pretty strong reasons. You sound really inspiring and confident.
However, there are a few things that you may consider to improve.
First, the topic sentence is not clear. In case it's "why we should be yourself", I'd recommend "I believe you should be yourself".
Second, the sentences in the parenthesis are a bit confusing. Are you going to pronounce them? In what kind of voice?
Third, you may want to add more facts, illustrations, examples to support your position.
Forth, the introductions is ok but it's kind of long in terms of getting the to the idea and the topic sentence of your speech. I'd consider shorten it a bit and make a clear link from the story to the topic sentence.
Finally, there are minor grammar and vocab mistakes that are a bit confusing, for instance, you are probably living not in a "hostel", but in a "dorm", aren't you? So prooferead the text for such kind of mistakes.
I'm sure you can work on your speech a bit more and make it just perfect ;)