Right to Be Yourself

Kung ang Right to Grow means change, ang Right to Be Yourself ay karapatang manatili sa pagiging ikaw, o magbago ayon sa nais mo at hindi ng ibang tao.

Every person has the right to be himself,
the person he is,
the sum total of his feelings,
thoughts, affections, tastes, dislikes and perception.

Meron sa ‘tin childish. May emo. May rakista. May nerd, athletic, artistic, religious, pasaway, tahimik, maingay, basagulero at samu’t-saring personalidad. At ang bawat isa meron din kanya-kanyang pananaw, prinsipyo, adhikain.

Ang pagkakaiba ng bawat isa – at ang pagsasama ng dalawang taong magkaiba – ang kadalasang nagpapakulay ng mundo mo. To live with another person is to try to share the world he perceives and in so doing to permit your world to grow – and sometimes to give up your illusions – through love.

Kahit ano pa ang pananaw mo sa mundo, it is yours. More than that, it is you. You have the right to be you… to say “I am”.
Walang sinuman ang may karapatang baguhin ka, pero kung gusto mong magbago, walang sinuman ang pwedeng pumigil sa’yo. A relationship cannot continue to exist when one person demands that the other change in order to keep the relationship alive. A person doesn’t really change unless he wants to.
“You got to love me for what I am
For simply being me,
Don’t love me for what you intend
Or hope that I will be,
Cause if you’re only using me
To feed your fantasy
You’re really not in love
So let me go
I must be free”

-------------Carpenters, Love Me For What I Am
The song, kahit na sabihin ng iba na sobrang corny, basically sums the whole point. The picture of perfection is only on your mind, for all your expectations love can never be designed.