Change...

     If I were to change one thing about my past, I would choose to be more outgoing and more myself through elementary and middle school. When I was younger I was a "people pleaser." I was very shy and did not talk much at all. Many people thought I was weird and I did not have time to make friends because I literally switched schools every year until I was in fifth grade. I feel that if I had been more outspoken in those years that I would not have left people with the impression that I was out of the ordinary. This does not bother me much anymore because I have learned not to let the opinions of other people bother me. Words do hurt, but I do not let them shape who I am. I use my life experiences, good and bad, to strengthen me. I know who I am, and I will never let others tell me who I can and can not be or what I can and can not do.