It is up to you to decide the shape you give yourself.

Do not let anyone tell you how you must look or act just because you are a man or a woman. You have boundless potential that can only be limited when you believe that your social identity is really who you are. Who you are is not a perfectly measured object. There is tremendous elasticity in who you can be. It is up to you to decide the shape you give yourself.

17th Karmapa

from the book “The Heart Is Noble: Changing the World from the Inside Out”

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