I Will Be Myself,and Not What Others Want Me to Be Stories of Experiences

So went out into the field. Got there by golf cart. Practice throwing Javelin. So far my furthest throw today is 43 meters. Yesterday I threw 44 meters. My goal is to throw 47 meters. In track and field I am competing against grade 12's...

"Welcome to the Experience Project," I told myself, staring at the monitor, waiting, wondering whether I was going to receive an award for signing up, or perhaps a little 'Achievement Unlocked' bubble to appear underneath me.

I turn to...

My friend Sam came round my house today, we have been friends for about two years now. And we were talking, then I saw that she was looking at me with love in her eyes. Amazingly I knew that I was looking at her the same way.
We ran...

I am heading towards 50, married and doing fine financially.

Compared to most people, I have done well, could stop now and live
the rest of my life in reasonable comfort.

Yet, there is a feeling like I have been
nice, too decent...

I created this group because i noticed that none exsisted for this hobby yet.I was first introduced to industrial dance by a cusin in munich.She also introduced me to the world of Cybergoth. i really love industrial dance and the...

For a very long time I have lived not wanting to hurt those I loved so i lived the life I wasn't meant for. I have lived a life for my MOM but I was letting her know I was the girl I am today but she was hesitant to let me live the life...

Every single day they expect me to be who they want me to be,I feel like they are making me puppet on strings trying to control me.When did I get a tag labelled, 'For your use' when did this happen?If I choose to follow my true nature...

Its so hard waking up everyday and finding the motivation to venture into a world where people everywhere just wants to suck the life out of you and dictate who you are. I am strong I know this because I have been to hell and back and...

As hard as I try, I cannot decode you. Although, I did try to deconstruct the ancestry of your gravitational pull. Truth is, you sucked me through your straw to drain my energy. It is pointless for me to try to fix you. Oh wait, did I...

Hi, my name is John Dickinson. I am 16 years old and was born on the 26th December 1996. And this is what I am.

I am 6'4 and I have a ginger afro (wish I am very proud of), my hobbies include watching anime, cycling, motor bike riding...

That's all I am. Just a kid. I wish other people saw it like that but they don't. Yeah legally I can buy my own alcohol but I feel like a trapped seven year old who is scared of everything and can never do anything right. I wish I could...

Im ready to let go of all the feelings i have left inside me. Im angry sad happy and crazy all at the same time right now. Today Im going to do what i want. Time to be myself and have fun!!!!!!

Don't let anyone make you feel like you are not worth anything because that's not true.Because you were made in the image and likeness of God. Don't let anyone make you feel unlove because God says that he love you with an everlasting...

How did I ever come to be
The kind of me you think you see
Every time you look at me
It's a mistake, it has to be.

There was a time you used to see
Only the very best in me
My heart and soul were pure as can be
Back when you belonged...

To find true friends, you MUST be yourself. That way whoever is not going to stick around for who you are will not waste your nor his/her time on pretending to like you. Be yourself and be proud of being who you are. I don't think it's...

At the height of a political corruption trial, the prosecuting attorney attacked a witness. "Isn't it true," he bellowed, "that you accepted five thousand dollars to compromise this case?"

The witness stared out the window, as though...

If I wanna dye my hair red or black I will even though u tell me not to if I wanna wear white with white after Labor Day I will even though no one else is if I wanna wear a bandanna and hipster glasses with my awesome hair I WILL even...

I get so fucking fustrated and upset with my father and step mother when they just can't accept me for who I am!!! I know I have issues and problems I'm working on but that's just not good enough for them they expect me to be perfect...

The man wiped his eyes with the bottom of his shirt, through blurry eyes he looked up the street.Jimmie would learn to understand that our fear of the unknown may cause us to resist growth, acceptance and change. Once we feel secure in...

I'm the girly girl..... I love clothes, makeup, shopping, gossip, looking good etc etc

However I'm also the sporty girl.....captain of the girls football "soccer" team/still remember the guys team coach cursing them all and saying if...