If you need to be a Christmas tree, then be a Christmas tree. 

Don't be a Christmas tree only some of the time. 

Be the thing you are and own it. 

If you are going to be a pickled lemon then be a pickled lemon. With all of the bitterness and sourness which comes with it. 

Be the thing you are in every which way you can be. 

If you are going to be an upscale nuclear pop tart deployment then be that. 

If you are the woman or guy who want to be in charge then do that and take charge of yourself. 

If you don't like what you are and want to be something else then be that. Be the changing thing. Even if you are changing you are being something even if it is just a change. A change is still a thing. 

You can make a change, 

You can be the change, 

You can even give change. 

Be what you are (Just remember to be kind)