‘This above all: to thine own self be true” said Shakespeare in his play Hamlet.
Who are you within? Do your friends and family know who you are? Are you a person who can be themselves with others, or do you hide your self to be accepted? Do you try too hard to fit in, with the fear that ‘they’ won’t accept you? That they won’t like you? Don’t try to be someone you are not, find your tribe; wait for them to arrive. If you keep accepting people who don’t make you feel loved or supported the way you are, then how will you meet those who will show you the love you need? Remember, to be accepted and to accept others is the highest form of love, and if you can’t be that in any place, then you either need to change yourself or where/with whom you are. It’s not worth the struggle or the facade.