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Originally Posted by Burnin' oil
Don't try to be something or someone you're not.
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Took the words right out of my typing finger. I was just reading this thread for the first time, thinking about self-confidence, which is basically what we are talking about here. You need to be secure in who you are and not overly concerned with what others might think of you; whether or not they are impressed, etc...
It helps to be a little older and to have "paid your dues", at least in my experience. I have absolutely no one to impress in this world, I'm at peace w/ myself and others and I think that it is apparent most of the time. I've seen the man behind the curtain and met a lot of my heros on this earth, it's always a pleasure but I don't feel like I need to *measure up* to them or anyone else. I'm a one-off roadster, not another one like it in the world.
I've had the advantage of being around great and humble men, they inspire. There is no way that I could ever puff my chest out or hang my head like a coward after meeting Sydney Poitier or George Harrison, (or Seahawk's Admiral), I wanted to be like them. I never will be, but it's all in the striving, son...
