I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
-- Bonnie Ware
Consider both ways we can feel this. On the one hand, we can feel this from people like parents or organizations (churches), institutions (schools)...things corporate (businesses), etc. On the other, though, we can also feel this heavily from society itself, to conform to its own ideas...things like acceptance, sports, the 'Jones' effect, sexuality, rebellion, etc.
It is hard to be true to oneself, especially when we largely are still trying to learn / understand what that is, who we even are. It takes courage.
