BEING AUTHENTIC
"This above all, to thine own self be true,And it must follow, as the night the day,Thou canst not then be false to any man."(Shakespeare)
If Shakespeare hadn’t chosen writing as a profession, he probably would have become one of history’s greatest psychologist/philosophers. It was his keen insight into human behavior that made his writing so powerful. In the famous verse above he’s simply telling us to be authentic, to be real persons instead of the fake ones we’re so often tempted to be. HONESTY IS A CHOICE. When we make that choice, not in a particular set of circumstances, but as a way of life, we begin to understand what it means to be an authentic person. We become what we were meant to be. Something happens inside of us, but we can’t explain it to anyone else. We just feel something unbelievably good, and we begin to respect ourselves more than ever before. That’s what it means to be true to ourselves. And because it feels so good to be authentic, it necessarily follows that we’ll be true to others.
"This above all, to thine own self be true,And it must follow, as the night the day,Thou canst not then be false to any man."(Shakespeare)
If Shakespeare hadn’t chosen writing as a profession, he probably would have become one of history’s greatest psychologist/philosophers. It was his keen insight into human behavior that made his writing so powerful. In the famous verse above he’s simply telling us to be authentic, to be real persons instead of the fake ones we’re so often tempted to be. HONESTY IS A CHOICE. When we make that choice, not in a particular set of circumstances, but as a way of life, we begin to understand what it means to be an authentic person. We become what we were meant to be. Something happens inside of us, but we can’t explain it to anyone else. We just feel something unbelievably good, and we begin to respect ourselves more than ever before. That’s what it means to be true to ourselves. And because it feels so good to be authentic, it necessarily follows that we’ll be true to others.
1 comment:
I think there is nothing to be described as being REAL. showing the real side of your life,I believe will increase ones life span.
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