not be shy

all of my life i have been realy shy, its realy hard for me to make friends because i am so shy. most of my friends tell me that i am boreing to b around because i am so shy. whenever i try to talk to someone, or if someone talks to me, my mind just goes blank, i cant think of anything to talk about. it has been my dream to b the life of the party, and be the popular one at school, but i just dont kno what to do. please help me, i will try anything to not be shy anymore.