People Like Me --
After recently being placed into a group entitled "People like you" by someone who really doesn't know me all that well, I wondered what it is that people see as being "like me" ... and how does that differ from what I see myself being like ... and how do either of those visions compare to what I really am.
I know,I know, How can it possibly be said that the face we show to the outside world could be anything but the sincere reflection of how we truly feel every moment of every day? How is it possible to think that someone might be so wary of what others think of them that they don't always expose the tender underbelly of their secret thoughts to the entire planet of would be labelers?
Trust me, dear friends, it is true. I have, on several occasions, done this very thing. I have bit my tongue out of fear of some sort of repercussion when I knew it was probably better to say what needed to be said. I have said some strangely embittered thing to someone simply to look somewhat cool. Yes, in all of my fortitude, I have said what I thought someone wanted me to say in an attempt
I know,I know, How can it possibly be said that the face we show to the outside world could be anything but the sincere reflection of how we truly feel every moment of every day? How is it possible to think that someone might be so wary of what others think of them that they don't always expose the tender underbelly of their secret thoughts to the entire planet of would be labelers?
Trust me, dear friends, it is true. I have, on several occasions, done this very thing. I have bit my tongue out of fear of some sort of repercussion when I knew it was probably better to say what needed to be said. I have said some strangely embittered thing to someone simply to look somewhat cool. Yes, in all of my fortitude, I have said what I thought someone wanted me to say in an attempt