Be different.
But not completely different.
Just different in the way we think you should be different.
Different in the way we think others think you should be different.

Because we know.
And they know.
Better than you.

Who you should be.

Regardless of who you are.
Regardless of how you feel.
Regardless of what you know.
Regardless of what you have experienced.

Don’t care what others think.
Don’t care what anyone thinks you should think.
Don’t care what anyone thinks you should feel.
Don’t care what anyone thinks you should do.

Be you.
The real you.
The genuine you.

But not that you.
Not in those words.
Not with those actions.
Not in that way.

Say what you mean.
But don’t say anything we don’t want to hear.
Don’t say anything embarrassing.
Or challenging.
Or uncomfortable.
Or ignorant.

Don’t say anything you would say.
Don’t do anything you would do.

Say what we would say.
Do what we would do.
If we were you.

It’s up to you to figure that out.

Because you should know.

In any given moment.
In every given moment.
You should know.
You should have known.

What we would say.
What we would have said.
What we would do.
What we would have done.
If we were you.

But you didn’t.
And you don’t.

But we did.
And we do.

And what you don’t know.
And what you should have known.

Is the problem with you.