If by just being yourself the world would be charmed then I'd buy you a rolls royce. Seriously, it's always the pretense people like. You would admit, they mostly like happy people. If you are genuinely sad and in a frowny mood, only your friends have time for you and the world, they prefer happiness. what about clowns? Where do they stand, humoring people is their job, great job right? What if you don't want to laugh, give them some credit, they are doing awfully lot better than our corrupt politicians. But there are times when you tell yourself you're really free. No one can come close. No one can touch you, make you feel bad with out you feeling it first. Some days are great, some are bad, some just suck. But it's your day, you've got to change the way it turns out. There's always a reason why some things happen. There are times when you just wanna lie and dream about the good times with your friends and life in general. Sometimes you need genuinely good friends who understand your loneliness and choose to hang around.
That's friendship. Maybe that's worth so much more than anything in this world. And you're lucky to have it.