Pride without Achievement

Express yourself and in what it is that you truly believe
Show the world, it's not all about what you eventually achieve
Use external factors as a way to focus on your internal dreams
Because what someone sees on the outside, is not always as it seems

Depending on your values in life, depending on your choices
Be who you want to be whilst choosing to ignore all the voices
Influences coming from the outside-in or inside-out
Take away what you need or let them go, when in doubt

Being proud of who you are, no matter what you decide to do
Doesn't come easy especially when feeling lonely, sad and blue
Through living your life and doing what you feel is best
Without competing or comparing yourself to all the rest

Pointless and insignificant are words that come to mind
You are just 1 in a million, and forever one of a kind
One soul amongst the billions with whom you share the earth
Only to realize there was also a world with lives, before your birth

Feeling such importance whilst occupying such little space
Isn't realistic, seeing as though nobody will remember your face
So why would you not choose to be who you're meant to be
And stand tall and letting go of everything and setting yourself free

An individual who isn't ashamed, guilty, trapped or afraid
Can be strong and open and have their lives so made
So choosing to be proud of what it is that makes your own personal world right
You can express in great comfort, the dreams that take over each and every night.