For the Very Joy Of It

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. ~Bruce Lee

If you do things, you should do it for the very joy of it, barring work. And even then, you should enjoy your work. Nevertheless, when you do things, it shouldn't be accept for the simple reason that you love doing it.

 Whether it be singing, dancing, drawing, playing an instrument, being out going, or whatever you do, you should do it because you enjoy it. Not for others reasons, but because you enjoy it. For really at the end of the day, if you do it for other reasons, you may find that it was all empty and it was all for nothing. This is so, because you did it for reasons other then just loving doing what you do, and then maybe those reasons left and now there's only you and the person you didn't want to be.

Furthermore, if you do it for others, you cannot be you, and when your not you, your not reaching your full capacity. Also, people are very fickle and you may find that they might like someone who does a different act. In addition, they'll always be someone better than your act, fast or stronger. However, no one can beat you at your own game, unless it isn't your own game.

However, if your at a cross road with whether to continuing being yourself or something that someone imposed on you, pause. Pause, because sometimes you may reach a stage in your skill and ability that although the circumstances when you started, may not all be what you wanted. Also, if your good at what you do, or you enjoy it now, then carry on. Even if it was not always how you wanted at first.

The thing, even when your doing your thing, even if your not very good at it, or your just getting use to being yourself, enjoy the moments of trying to get better. If you do it, do your best, and make peace with it. Try your best, if it takes a long time, enjoy the journey. If your doing your best, then your doing your best. You cannot speed the process, and if you can, do so, but sometimes it's about enjoying the journey that's important.

All in all, don't do things for what other say, do it for yourself and do your best. Don't worry how long things will take. Do it for yourself, and in the end you'll find that everyone benefited even though you did it for yourself.