I AM SHY. I prefer to not speak to some people, sometimes most people, but that doesn’t mean I can’t. Through my journey of shyness I have learned that it is just a mental condition that is made out of choice. Throughout my first semester in college I learned that my shyness was a mental barrier that I set up due to life experiences that I let oppress my mind, but that when I wasn’t thinking, but letting my subconscious mind be in control, questions that teachers asked would just tumble out of my mouth before I was aware enough to tell myself not to answer them. I learned that people did want to be my friend, and that I could be theirs too. I have learned that my shyness was a way of stabilizing my life. If I didn’t talk to many people, I didn’t have many plans and I could do the things that I typically did, however, sometimes I would let my shyness slip up and then I would be off on adventures of grand time where I did things I never put on my schedule. I learned that it was okay to let myself be the trusting person that I am and that I don’t have to cause myself to be skeptic of others. My shyness is who I am, but it doesn’t limit me. I WILL break my barriers and do new things. I WILL talk to people and speak my concerns to others for greater good. But I WILL NOT change the person that I am for others, including you. I AM SHY and I LOVE IT.