Let me formally re-introduce myself.
For those of you who don’t know me, my name is shamma and I’m a 20-year-old senior majoring in international affairs and minoring in psychology at Zayed University. I enjoy painting, reading, and writing. I love hanging out with my friends and I love the family that raised me. I enjoy outdoor activities. I…… scratch all that.
Let’s start over.
People call me shamdi, Shamenim, sham, and PMS.
I get angry quite often and cry when I’m hungry.
I sing all the time but sound like a dying goat.
I enjoy bullying kids until they cry.
I drink coffee more than I do water.
I hate romance movies.
I don’t like that guys wear pink.
I have stress and anger issues.
Sometime I think I’m bi-polar.
I love laughing.
I’m extremely loud.
I think flowers are lame.
I wanted to be a ballerina as a child.
Now I want to become eminem's best friend.
I hate long nails.
I hate when things don’t go my way.
I never use public bathrooms.
I hate the summer weather, but I love the beach.
This is how I should introduce myself, because this is who I really am. Superficial labels are limits society places on us, or are boundaries we create for ourselves. You don’t have to become the person everyone else expects you to.
You don’t have to study something you don’t enjoy, let alone do work you can’t connect with.
You don’t have to play it safe.
You can become the person you are inside.
You can innovate in ways you didn’t know were possible.
You shouldn’t settle for less, but demand for what you deserve.
You shouldn’t be afraid to be yourself no matter how crazy people think you are.
No matter what people think of you, always know that there is no other YOU. If being special is a laughing matter then they should curse themselves for being indifferent.
This is how I re-introduced myself.
How will you?
Sham,