Nature. The green leaves you see on trees in the summertime. The breeze that goes through your hair in the fall. The snow that blankets the ground in the winter. The flowers that speckle fields with pops of color in the spring. All of this is true, but also; the need to say 'OW' when you stub your toe. The reflex to pull your hand away when you feel heat that may burn you. Babies starting to suckle on small nubs such as a pacifier. Nature is more than just the seasons and things we see occurring candidly around us, it's also the actions we perform candidly because they are innate in our existence.
Nurture. What you call different animals or colors. The languages you speak. How you interpret facial expressions. The different types of foods you enjoy making and eating. The holidays you celebrate. Nurture is the things you learn throughout your life and become accustomed to. Even in the most damaging of environments, you are still picking up traits and information that will shape the kind of person you turn into. If you are swaddled and provided for you may turn out one way, if you are left to learn on your own, you may turn out a different way, and those who have any combination of being taught and being left to teach yourself may end up a completely different way.
The factor of nurture alone will create completely different people from completely different upbringings but then the factor of nature and any biological traits can add another factor into it.
Long story short, you would not be the person you are today if you did not go through everything you have. You would not have the friends you do, or the job you do, you wouldn't be living in the environment you are; if you hadn't pushed yourself to keep existing.
Be yourself. Be proud of who you are. Never try to change or second guess something that you can't control.
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