We Can Only Be Who We Are.

Trying to be someone else is a futile attempt. Yes, we are imperfect. Yes, we are not good at the things that we value. Yes, we may be far from being the kind of person that we want to be. But we must always remember: growth is a lifetime process. It's not an overnight transformation. And we can't make ourselves a clone of even the most admirable person in the world.

Any attempt to be someone else, no matter how good the intent behind the desire, poses a certain amount of danger. That danger has to do with losing one's self while not totally becoming the person one wants to be. In  the process, the person gets stranded in the middle - not anymore himself, yet not the person he wants to be. He becomes an entirely different person from the person that he really is and from the person that he wishes to become.

There's really no better way to deal with change, or the desire for it, than to allow it to go naturally - not forcing it nor faking it. Because in the end, the only person we can and should aspire to be... is the better image of our present self - different from who we used to be, yet still us.