Besides, everyone feels awkward. Everyone is going through this. “Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes along,” wrote Samuel Butler.
Appreciating yourself and becoming introspective does not happen overnight. “I loaf and invite my soul,” wrote Walt Whitman. “I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. (I am large. I contain multitudes.)”
If you act differently with different people, it doesn’t mean you’re a hypocrite. It means you’re finding out who you are.Which takes time. Dave Matthews sings, “Am I right side up or upside down?”
Answer: Right side up. Honest.
