Do you value style more than substance? Are you just loud and no melody? Most
of us these days have devoted our time, energy and money in showing off. Our
lives revolve on being who we are not. We become so absorbed trying to live the
lifestyle to which we do not belong. We love to be seen even though there is
nothing to see. We love to be shocking to get attention. We are like colourful
balloons, looking pretty on the outside but all air in the inside.
We seem to have everything except
ourselves. In our pretending, we have forgotten who we really are. We have come
to be ashamed of our past life, friends and mostly our past selves. We will
desperately protect our status quo even if our actual status is not A-okay.
As pretenders, we cannot escape
ourselves in the end. Our shallow ways of life will soon evaporate. And then,
we will only be left with ourselves, our real selves. We will have to look at
the man in the mirror whom we hate and deny.
On the contrary, a person of substance
is a person who does not pretend. He knows who he is, no more no less. He is
joyful of his strengths and aware of his weakness. He tries to improve himself,
but he does it based on reality. He does not change his “acting”, but he
changes his being. The more he changes himself for the better, the more people
respect him. He does not need to pretend to be someone who is not because he
knows it is useless.
A person of substance does not try to
win the approval of others. But others try to win his approval. He does not
have the desire to shock and awe others. He knows that silent waters run deep.
Stop pretending.
Be yourself.
Be your better self and you will
bloom.
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