We Don't Change, We Just Become Who We Want To Be

I remember hearing this sentence in a video of "Accepting The Universe" channel on Youtube. I'm not sure if it's really this sentence or the one similar "We just become more of who we really are".

If this was me a year ago, i doubt if i would understand and agree with it at all. But after the last 6 months, i found that i changed a lot – more aligned with myself internally and do things because i want to do it, not because i want people to notice. Now, come to think of it, I haven't changed that much, the routine is still the same, eating the same food, working out more, read the same kind of books, the passions and the hobbies are still the same, dress the same way. So what changed? Why do i feel that i changed a lot?

Then, the change must be internally and what i did was do more talking to myself, more thinking, more meditation, more connection, more sharing. Maybe the most important thing is the intention when i do something – i always put a conscious question "Why are you doing that?" when i want to do something. If it's to impress someone so that the person I'm talking to will like me more, then the action is not what i want to do, why do i need to be validated by that person? What about my validation for that person? What would i feel when that person don't like me? Nothing happens.

In term of intention, it's invisible but people can feel it. I can feel it too, why wouldn't people around me feel that? More on that, I'm not special. I used to feel that all the interactions with strangers are really awkward, why i don't feel like it now? Is that a change?

The most important thing is that I'm happy with who I am at the moment, not because of the money or the job I have, not because of the clothes i wear, not because of the body, but because of the way i feel about myself. I've always wanted to be this way, but didn't have the courage to do so and somehow in the last 6 months, i pulled myself closer to be the person I had always wanted to be.