Do we have a tendency to pay more attention to how someone or something looks from the outside with little to no regard for what rests within? There was a rerun of a quirky British sitcom called Keeping Up Appearances where the main character lived a fictitious lifestyle based on a facade. How many of us live this way? It is much easier being ourselves instead of someone we’re not, which was the premise of the show. Our external appearance or persona seems to attract people, rather than our true nature. The key is, dare to be you.
Look at other people and ask yourself if you are really seeing them or just your thoughts about them.
We display a demeanor we believe others want to see and perhaps hide who we truly are. However, our heart eventually gives us away. Superficiality is living outside of truth and if you read my blog posts, you know I’m all about living authentically. That is when we are the happiest. When we slow down a tad and take a time out, we’d notice that which appears to be obvious, may be far from the truth. And what we see may not be what we get, whether in love, friendships, or relationships.
DARE TO BE YOU
Why do we believe we must project an image of who we aren’t? Because we are convinced that this is the only way to be accepted. The fear is if someone sees the real us, they wouldn’t be interested. I say if someone doesn’t accept you, then that is their loss, not yours. Dare to be you. Not that person who masquerades as someone else. I was never one who conformed to a title or who someone thought or believed I was or should be. One day during a breakout session in a staff development event, a colleague said, “She is what she does well, the role, an accountant.” “No,” I replied. “I never get lost in a role, I’m multifaceted, not just the job I perform. The title may describe what I do, but it isn’t who I am.”
TO BE, OR NOT TO BE, WHO WE REALLY ARE
A theatrical way of life always attracts pretentious souls. The people who surround you, your lifestyle choices, and beliefs will play a huge role in whether you’re living in ease or dis-ease. We decide whether we want to live an authentic, happy, healthy existence or a fictitious one. To be, or not to be, healthy, happy, and at peace, that in the end is what matters.
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