prompt 214- first impression?

The first impression is something of a five-minute of fame during which you can either win or lose favor with people. Honestly, I am uncomfortable expressing myself in public, and the first impression people usually perceive of me is that I am a timid agelast who also happens to be of Far Eastern Asian origin. Yet, I do not want to pretend to be someone I am not. If I lose favor with people because of my first impression, so be it, and I do not want to waste my energy in giving them the best of my impression because only the people who look with the mind, not with the eyes, can see my truthfulness.