Don't let who you are be controlled by who you were, who someone else thinks you are, or who someone else thinks you should be.
You are your own person, your soul is a beautiful thing sent here for it's own purpose. You should not judge yourself by anybody else standards, and you should not hold on to past perceptions and acts to let that define you. Each day is a new sheet of paper to be written.
Your past has helped you understand how to make a better future but should not define your future. The same way someone elses beliefs of who you are should not define you. They have their own perception and their own journey to travel.
I will let myself be influenced by people that I respect but I will not try to emulate them. I will not try to be a mother theresa, to be a mohammad ghandi, a martin luther king, a john kennedy, a thomas jefferson.
When I reach judgement day I will not be judged by how close to those individuals I have come. I will be judged on whether I was the best "Buddy Guthrie" that I could be.
