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Be yourself

We wish that we could be better at sports or more attractive(有吸引力的). We wish we had nicer clothes or more money. Everyone likes to feel that he is special. 1. We believe that we are not good enough just as we are.

Most parents want us to be the best we can be. Very often, they compare(比较) us to others. By doing this, they try to ask us to do better. 2. We begin to believe that the only way we can be special is by doing better than someone else, but we are often disappointed(失望的). 3. A lot of people around may not be as smart as we are, but they are better at sports. Or they may not be as good-looking, but they have more money. It is impossible(不可能的) for us to be better than everyone else all the time.

We all want the things that we believe will make us better people. 4. These things make us different from others. When we are growing up, parents sometimes forget to tell us that we are special, that we are good enough. 5. Anyway, it’s up to us to remind(提醒) them from time to time that each of us, in our own way, is special. What we are is enough.

A. There will always be someone there who is better than we are at something. B. They mean well, but the message(信息) we often get is that we are not good enough. C. Maybe no one told them when they were growing up. D. However, many of us grow up believing that we are not special at all. E. They don’t care if we have enough time to relax ourselves. F. But very often we don’t realize(意识到) that we already have inside us the very things that we want.

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