There is an age-old saying, "Putting lipstick on a pig doesn't make it any less of a pig." You can dress things up and add all of the right accessories you want, but at the end of the day, it's still a smelly swine. And not a day goes by that this cliché doesn't ring true, especially in the collegiate world.
May I bring your attention and cursor to the grandest of all examples: RICH KIDS OF INSTAGRAM..Holy sweet baby Jesus. I hope therapists take black AMEXs because while living the Hamptons high life and actually waking up in a new Bugatti is pretty neat, there's no way these kids don't have issues. I spent a solid three hours browsing through photos on this site and let's just say... you gotta see this stuff to actually believe it.
But newsflash: the majority of Millennial (hip youngsters ages 18-29) have issues theses days that warrants a shrink ... I, myself, am a walking basket case 94% of the time. You can buy an expensive car, but you still can't buy true love. You can dress in designer wear, but still have zero self-esteem. You can preach the words from the Bible, but it is all negated if you are in CVS buying the morning-after pill.(Thou aren't so holy then.)
My main Brit, WC, knows what he's talking about. One of the strongest convictions you can have is to be true to yourself. STOP putting lipstick on your pig. 567 Instagram uploads do not make anyone envious of your life. Pretending to not know the limit in a Calculus problem won't get you a boyfriend, ladies. No one will care if you were spotted at Reservoir every weekend or if you had the perfect Jon Hart backpack in college if you fail out and end up as your parents' burden in the basement. It's okay to not have your life together, to not know what next week may bring, to not be the most fabulous person on Earth. But you have embrace something: Be smart. Be brave. Be scared. Be kind. BE YOU.
Once you own your soul, take it to the edge and push through to greatness.
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