So there's a study that says we have three faces, one we show the world, one we show friends and family, one that's our true self. We all know that's kind of true in some of us. There's that one personality that we revert to when we're in the presence of a large crowd, there's the personality we have with a small crowd, there's the personality that we have when we're with that small group of friends we trust and that personality we have with ourselves. The one we're really actually comfortable with.
What if we were brave enough to be who we really truly are? That personality that you adopt in the confinements of your four walls where you feel the safest. That personality that makes you feel so at ease that you go to sleep engulfed in it. That personality that at the end of the day is the one that you truly enjoy the company of.
I have that personality. In the solitary confinements of my room, I am me. I am the person I want to be, I'm happy with myself and I'm comfortable. I'm surrounded by the things that make me happy. I think the things I want, I say the things I want, I do the things I want.
In my life I have to conform to many versions of myself. For my job, one version. For my family, one version. For my friends, one version. I can never be the me I want to be while I have so many expectations around me.
We're all surrounded by expectations. Brene Brown asked this question “What’s the greater risk? Letting go of what people think – or letting go of how I feel, what I believe, and who I am?”
Who I am is a story to tell. It's my story and I really want to...but at what cost? Am I brave enough to put myself out there? Am I brave enough to bear the responsibility of my actions? I know what would happen if I let go...am I brave enough to face the consequences? I'm not... I'm afraid. I'm so very afraid. I mean aren't we all?
What if we were brave enough to be who we really truly are? That personality that you adopt in the confinements of your four walls where you feel the safest. That personality that makes you feel so at ease that you go to sleep engulfed in it. That personality that at the end of the day is the one that you truly enjoy the company of.
I have that personality. In the solitary confinements of my room, I am me. I am the person I want to be, I'm happy with myself and I'm comfortable. I'm surrounded by the things that make me happy. I think the things I want, I say the things I want, I do the things I want.
In my life I have to conform to many versions of myself. For my job, one version. For my family, one version. For my friends, one version. I can never be the me I want to be while I have so many expectations around me.
We're all surrounded by expectations. Brene Brown asked this question “What’s the greater risk? Letting go of what people think – or letting go of how I feel, what I believe, and who I am?”
Who I am is a story to tell. It's my story and I really want to...but at what cost? Am I brave enough to put myself out there? Am I brave enough to bear the responsibility of my actions? I know what would happen if I let go...am I brave enough to face the consequences? I'm not... I'm afraid. I'm so very afraid. I mean aren't we all?
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