Being Yourself

Their are people who think their lives are not exciting, mundane, or just plain boring.
Which leads some to make-up stories about themselves, of exploits and deeds never
done, except in the corner of there minds where the imagination resides, the Walter Mitty
affect. It's hard to know just why some people do this, it's like living a life they never had,
or wish they had by taking short cuts. Not doing the work it takes to be what you want to
be, kind of like cheating on a test in school.
In the military they have a name for this, it's called "stolen valor" stealing valor from those
who really deserve it, taking glory from those who do not seek it. The people who tell lies
about who and what they are, are really stealing from themselves. Life is unique, their
are no boring lives, each life has its own story to tell, its own failures and victories, its own
place in the world, its own path to follow. Some years ago I coined this quote.
"Don't claim to be what your not, Just be who you are, that should be more then enough".

People will like and respect you for who you are, not for what you think would empress

them.

Bruce Knipp