What is it with people who put up a "front"? Why put on a show? The need to display a different version of yourself...while concealing your authenticity????....On the inside, I’ll bet you are one miserable person, insecure, and uncertain.
One thing I refuse to allow in my life...opinions and judgments of other people to manipulate my thinking. I’m not naive. I know they exist. And it's not that I don't care about what other people think…in some small way, I guess I do because it keeps me in check. I think people that try and prove their strength by “not caring”…are trying to create a fictional description of themselves. After all, let's face it… we all have a small speck of curiosity that wants to know what people think of us. It’s only when we hear something critical, that we try to act like that opinion is irrelevant. I just don't believe in allowing someone else’s assessment of me (especially from a distance) to effect who I am, and who I want to be. The fact that you can not control what someone else thinks of you is a part of life. I accepted that a long time ago. Only after accepting that reality…was I able to be 100% unaffected.
Go ahead and show your emotions, don’t camouflage your reactions. Allowing other’s to witness your vulnerability…that’s what makes you real. That’s what distinguishes one person from another. Be unprocessed…be rare…not man-made.
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