Sometimes when we want someone to accept us in their life we make all sorts of efforts to fit in their equation of life. We also end up shrinking in terms of emotions and feelings. We shrink our personality to come across as someone who is simple and uncomplicated. We try to show we are less sensitive, less judgmental, less important and less needy. We do this because we don’t want to push away people and we don’t want to come across someone who is more of a burden than a pleasure. We want to be liked, loved and accepted easily. Slowly and slowly we keep sacrificing our true personality to become someone’s idea of a perfect human being. Then comes that moment in your life when in trying to make someone happy, you end up losing the essence of your own true personality. You forget to recognize yourself. Always remember that you matter, your existence matters, your opinion matters and you are worthwhile just the way you are. Never belittle yourself for someone just to get accepted in their life, just to get their love and affection or jus to “fit in”…Aarti Khurana