Honesty or coolness?

I spent the day today thinking about what I should write for my first blog entry ever. I wanted to write something that almost everyone would enjoy reading: something that was interesting, personal, funny, and ended with a good message. Well, I didn't come up with anything, as you may have expected. To write something like I was wanting to would require a large amount of inspiration, superior mastery of the english language, an enormous amount of time, and sprinkling of fairy dust; none of which were in my possesion at any point throughout the day. I did, however, realize something about myself.
I often find myself trying to act or speak according to what the people around me think. I don't mean that I should completely disregard all those around, and simply do whatever I feel like doing. But I often find myself trying too hard to make people like me. For example, sometimes when I meet newe people I try to be calm and cool and I probably come across more as boring than cool. As corny as it may sound, I need to be myself. Or even better, I need to be the person God made me to be. Instead of trying to act according to what will make people like me, I need to act according to what will make God happy. In the end, an person with an honest and authentic personality attracts more people than does a person who is trying to be cool.