When you are content to just simply be yourself and don't

The highest good is like water.
Water gives life to the ten thousand things and does not strive.
It flows in places men reject and so is like the Tao.
In dwelling, be close to the land.
In meditation, go deep in the heart.
In dealing with others, be gentle and kind.
In speech, be true.
In ruling, be just.
In business, be competent.
In action, watch the timing.
No fight: No blame.

That's not true, nobody respects me at all and all I do is b urself

>>35656559
obviously you are still constraining yourself
being shy is not "being yourself" it is hiding your nature.

>>35656532
We are all actors anon.

>>35656590
No, not shy. You're just wrong.

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>>35656532
False. No one will notice or care. People who say such things from experience are subconsciously showing off without realizing it.

However, not comparing and competing are important parts of developing what I call an internal compass of self worth. The result is that you can choose to be happy regardless of your circumstances and are indifferent to external validation.

>>35656532
you're cute
I bet junior year is going to be a big one for you

>>35656532
Because I'll realize I wasted the gift of life on my death bed.

My father and mother left me a good living;
I need not envy the fields of other men.
Clack--clack-- my wife works her loom,
Jabber, jabber, goes my son at play.
I clap hands, urging on the swirling petals,
Chin in hand, I listen to singing birds.
Who comes to commend me on my way of life?
Well, the woodcutter sometimes passes by.