REPUTATION
HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED WHAT A CROCK OF SHIT REPUTATION IS? A REPUTATION IS SOMETHING YOU WORK YOUR WHOLE LIFE AWAY TO ACHIEVE, IT IS BUILT MOSTLY ON LIES, AND YET IT IS SO FRAGILE AND WEAK. KIND OF MAKES SENSE, DOESN'T IT? ANYTHING BUILT ON A LIE CAN'T LAST. YOU HAVE BUILT YOUR REPUTATION ON LIES BY PRETENDING TO BE SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT. YOU HAVE TO BE TRUE TO YOU, AND THE REP WILL COME. YOU SEE, WASTING YOUR LIFE TRYING TO IMPRESS SOCIETY WILL NEVER GET YOU ANYWHERE. IT IS A LIE, PURE AND SIMPLE. AFTER ALL THAT HARD WORK TRYING TO GET AND KEEP A GOOD (OR BAD) REPUTATION, YOU HAVE MADE SOMETHING SO WEAK AND FRAGILE THAT IT CAN BE DESTROYED BY A FEW SIMPLE WORDS, RUMORS, OR LIES. YOUR VALUE DOES NOT LIE IN THE OPINION OF OTHERS, NOR DOES IT LIE IN A SIMPLE REPUTATION. NOR IS THAT REPUTATION EVEN AN EXPRESSION, IMAGE, OR DEFINITION OF SELF. BECAUSE IT IS PROBABLY NOT THE REAL YOU. YOUR VALUE LIES IN THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SPECIALLY CREATED, BY GOD'S OWN HAND. YOU ARE A LITERAL WORK OF ART. THE OPINIONS OF OTHER SIMPLE, BROKEN HUMAN BEINGS DOES NOT MATTER, NOR SHOULD IT HURT YOU. THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS ARE MORE THAN LIKELY NOT EVEN CORRECT. A REPUTATION IS A FALSE IMAGE, SOMETHING YOU PORTRAY OR CAST THAT IS NOT ACTUALLY A PART OF YOU. KIND OF LIKE A SHADOW. A SHADOW IS NOT EVEN PHYSICALLY REAL. IT IS JUST A LACK OF LIGHT. YOU CANNOT EVEN GRASP A SHADOW, BECAUSE IT HAS NO MOLECULAR OR ENERGETIC STRUCTURE. DO NOT WASTE YOUR LIFE ON A PETTY, UNIMPORTANT, AND FALSE THING LIKE A REPUTATION. YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT. JUST BE YOURSELF, AND THAT IS MORE THAN ENOUGH. JUST REMEMBER THAT ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. LET THE LIFE YOU LIVE BE YOUR REPUTATION. BE AN EXAMPLE, AND PEOPLE WILL SEE YOUR REPUTATION. IN THIS WAY, IT CANNOT BE DESTROYED BY MERE WORDS, NOR CAN IT BE DESTROYED BY ANYONE BUT YOU. THE ONLY WAY TO DESTROY A REPUTATION OF TRUTH AND ACTION, IS TO DO IT YOURSELF, BY STUPIDITY. I REALIZE, OF COURSE, THAT MY JOURNAL ENTRIES ARE SOMEWHAT ABSTRACT, HARD TO GRASP. BUT OFTEN THE DEEPEST OF TRUTHS ARE INTANGIBLES TO THE LAYMAN. PLEASE, ALL FRIENDS WHO READ MY ENTRIES, TRY TO HAVE AN OPEN MIND. THAT WILL GUIDE YOU TO UNDERSTANDING. I AM NOT, HOWEVER, SUGGESTING YOU TO TAKE MY WORD ON THESE ISSUES. THINK FOR YOURSELF, DO NOT BE TOO OPEN MINDED, OR YOU WILL BECOME GULLIBLE.