Everyday, I meet people who try hard to project themselves as someone radically different from who they truly are. Whether they are driving the best car, wearing expensive clothes, or portraying themselves as a know it all, I find it sad when I see people try hard to be someone completely different from their authentic self. By striving to be someone different from one’s authentic self, many dangers can come into play.
Addiction- The purpose of a vice is to have an outlet for stress. When it comes to drug addiction, the addict is trying to escape the reality of their life but at a high cost to their health and wellbeing. Any unhealthy distraction will eventually have dire consequences.
Living a lie- lying is very destructive. When we lie, we have to mentally work twice as hard to keep up with the lie and in the end, the truth is always discovered. We lie for many reasons, to protect ourselves and others from the truth, to crate a fallacy of who we are, or to add excitement to what we may feel is a dull life.
Stress- the number one killer. Stress is the worst for our health, yet stress is the most common trait amongst us all. Everyday there are stressful situations, or stressful people in our routines. To combat stress, find a healthy outlet, eat healthy food, create an emotional support system, or choose to think differently by learning skills to change your self-defeating thoughts.
Freedom is to be you! The more we live as our authentic selves, the greater our life experiences will be. Deeper relationships will be created from letting people into our reality, stress reduction will occur when we accept ourselves and we will find the greatest joy in life doing what we want to do and being who we want to be. Live your truth and live as you truly are because you only get one life.
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