Therefore, being shy and secluded takes away from your ability to take part in community. Through newfound friendships, you learn to grow together and trust one another. Also, when you take time to habituate yourself with others, you learn how each soul you come across is worthy of being loved. In a way, I have found the shyness is somewhat associated with selfishness, in the sense that you are denying others love on account of your own fear. Popularity is a position you should never strive for. I have learned that instead, it is necessary to focus on building attributes such as being kind and loving. Whether popularity follows behind or not doesn’t matter. Through becoming homecoming queen and being described as “popular”, I have come to the conclusion that popularity is insignificant, but being kind and creating meaningful friendships will last a lifetime. That is how I will continually make an effort to