Sleep in the bed you've made.
These are the truths I hold to be self-evident:
1. When I don't care about what a person thinks about me, I feel free to be myself around them. On the downside, I'm never really myself around people who I care a lot about because I'm constantly concerned about what they'd think of that side of me. As a consequence, I end up with people I'm not wholly interested in, being captivated with me and people who I want to be a big part of my life who have a more distanced attitude towards me. Maybe there's a pattern I should be noticing, here.
2. Even in the cases where I don't care about what a person thinks, I still keep one facet of my personality veiled. I'm certain that I've seen a similar facet in another person and am seriously contemplating revealing my matching one; however, I must first let them see those other parts of my personality that I've kept under wraps... which is one of those easier said than done things.
3. Honesty is just so much easier to maintain than lies. But lies are often so much easier to tell. It's necessary to keep the long run in mind in the cases where one is tempted to the latter.
1. When I don't care about what a person thinks about me, I feel free to be myself around them. On the downside, I'm never really myself around people who I care a lot about because I'm constantly concerned about what they'd think of that side of me. As a consequence, I end up with people I'm not wholly interested in, being captivated with me and people who I want to be a big part of my life who have a more distanced attitude towards me. Maybe there's a pattern I should be noticing, here.
2. Even in the cases where I don't care about what a person thinks, I still keep one facet of my personality veiled. I'm certain that I've seen a similar facet in another person and am seriously contemplating revealing my matching one; however, I must first let them see those other parts of my personality that I've kept under wraps... which is one of those easier said than done things.
3. Honesty is just so much easier to maintain than lies. But lies are often so much easier to tell. It's necessary to keep the long run in mind in the cases where one is tempted to the latter.