I've finally realized how much I've grown this past year and found out that I have a new perspective on life. I'm happy :)... What people do or don't think about me doesn't matter to me anymore. When I greet someone and get asked "How was your day?" I reply more optimistically than freshman year. I don't miss home as much anymore.
I am learning more about MYSELF, and realizing that I don't want what my parents said I should do for myself... I have finally broken out of that lil box and now I know that the world is not as my parents put it out to be. It's been hard but I learned to build my strength and personality from scratch. The old Mayra is always there though. The one that does silly lil things every now and then... spontaneous and too caring.
One thing I've been scared of lately though, is that I am letting other people build me. I want to build myself... but there's people around me that I really care about and sometimes I feel that I do things or think certain ways to please them. There I go again, making sure everyone feels great except myself... but I have to stop... I have to start being straight forward and saying when I don't like something. After all, "no soy moneda de oro pa' caerle bien a todos" (I am not a gold coin to be wanted by everyone)
