I don't know about you, but sometimes it can be a struggle to "fit in" to what society expects us to be. There's always something we're "supposed" to do, and that puts a lot of pressure on us. What we often don't realize until we're much older (took me years to figure it out) is that we are the happiest when we are our authentic selves. That can be hard, though, because we want to be liked. We all go above and beyond what we want to do to be liked. But, no matter what we do or who we try to please, there will always be somebody who doesn't like us, accept us, or just plain hates us. And that can be so frustrating and hurtful. For some reason, our immediate response is to say, "what's wrong with me?"But I've learned the secret of life. And I'm going to share it with you. The question, "what's wrong with me?" isn't the right question. It's really, "what's wrong with them?" Ask yourself--if somebody who is mean and awful to you doesn't like you... imagine what that says about you! A really good friend of mine was once chewed out by this cruel lady at work, right in front of everyone. And do you know what my friend said to her? "Well... I must be a good person... if you don't like me."That blew me away.And it got me thinking. Why is it that we let people we don't know well, or hardly care about, get under our skin and make us doubt ourselves? Why do their opinions matter so much? And then when people who truly love us tell us that we're awesome, we say, "no we're not, look what so and so has said." It comes down to this--what we're telling ourselves.I can tell you this for certain: Taylor Swift was right when she said, "haters going to hate, hate, hate." No matter what you do, there will be somebody who doesn't like you. But that doesn't matter. What does matter is what you think of yourself. What your family thinks of you. What your friends think of you. I have never met anyone who wasn't special or amazing in some way. You are, too. I guarantee it. So let your light shine. Be who you are. Love yourself. Remember that you are worthwhile.You are special.