L.A. A. Lopez ABM 11 - Faith Oral Communication - Module 3 Performance Task (Speech) Uniqueness The speech that I'm gonna be delivering today is all about embracing our uniqueness, and on how is it important for us to be accepting our differences among others and turning it into a strength, in which will not just help us to move forward and confront new challenges, but also for us to become even more confident to ourselves. Whether we admit it or not, there have been times in our lives when we wished to become someone to the point that we were compelled to change ourselves to be like them, as well as forcing ourselves to be the kind of person who weren't us just for people not to judge us and fully accept us. Why can't everyone just be the same as each other? People will no longer judge each other if we are all the same and have no differences. That's the question I've been asking myself since I was a kid but couldn't answer, and I think this is a perfect opportunity to share my story and the lessons I've learnt from my childhood. So back then, when I was a kid at around 5 to 10 years old, I used to be very self conscious of everything I do and whenever someone is looking, especially when I'm in public. I know some of you will not believe that a kid would act like that knowing most of the kids in that age usually enjoy and do their thing without being worried about everything around them, but I can say that I was different. I know something is wrong that time as even myself, can't seem to process why am I like that. In those days, I couldn't even make friends in school, and my classmates are usually the ones who take the first move to talk and make friends with me. My family and I once went to church, and the priest spoke about "Differences and Uniqueness of people," which is exactly what I'm doing right now. I didn't usually listen back then as I found it boring, but this one really took my attention, and one of the things he said that I'll never forget is "There's nothing wrong with being different and being yourself, what is wrong is trying to be like someone you are not". At that point, I realized why I am acting so strangely, and that is because I am lowkey trying to be like someone else due to insecurity, and that I'm just scared of being judged by someone just because I'm different. And this is the time where I started being myself, even my parents were surprised yet they're very happy about it. When I began to express my true self and embrace my uniqueness, I felt a sense of freedom that I had never felt before, and I got the courage to do anything without fear of what others would think. And I think it's also time for us to be loving ourselves. You don't have to be like someone else just to fix something that wasn't broken in the first place. You are exactly who you are. Don't be afraid to stand out from the crowd and just always remember, to not change ourselves just because our society wants to, we are all unique, and nothing will change that. Lastly, we are all different and that's okay!
