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Which is a more valid axiom: "be yourself" or "be whoever you want to be"?

Asked by quarkquarkquark (1695points) August 7th, 2009

We are provided with both of these statements in our early childhoods and later by way of guidance for our future lives. It is sincere and congruent to be “yourself” without putting in extra (and frequently disharmony-producing) effort to change; but there is always the looming spectre of insecurity. What if “yourself” sucks? Do these rules for life really conflict, or only seem to?

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