It takes strength and courage to be yourself while the people around you watch. But every lie we tell, or omission we make, or secret we keep, or persona we fake, is not
only damaging to us, but to the rest of the world as well. As humans, we are
masters of disguise, bending and twisting ourselves until we project the image
we think best suits the moment. But doing so doesn’t just change the way others
see us, it changes the way we see ourselves. It blurs our inner line of integrity so that we have a hard time trusting, even in ourselves. It pits us against standards we cannot
reach because they aren't real, and then leads us to feel guilt over failing to
meet false criterion. We need to be able to view others as they are, and share
ourselves as we are, because we're all in this together.

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