The Only Thing That Can Destroy The Honest You . . .

February 4, 2009

The above artwork is a self-portrait created in 2009 by the artist “dirtyfeet”.

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From William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer’s Night Dream”:

PUCK:

If we shadows have offended
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber’d here
While these visions did appear.
And this weak and idle theme,
No more yielding but a dream,
Gentles, do not reprehend:
If you pardon, we will mend:
And, as I am an honest Puck,
If we have unearned luck
Now to ’scape the serpent’s tongue,
We will make amends ere long;
Else the Puck a liar call;
So good night unto you all.
Give me your hands, if we be friends,
And Robin shall restore amends.

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“The Only Thing That Can Destroy The Honest You . . .”

~ by OneMoreOption

The only thing that can destroy the honest you . . . is you if you are unwilling to be honest about who you have been and who you would like to become.

Your life and choices tell your own story. And no one can destroy the honest you, except you. Others can harm you, ostracize you, criticize you, and hate you, but even if they do all those things, still only you can destroy the true you.

And despite what you fear others will do if you reveal your honest self, know that most often when you reveal the real you, you find out who are your real friends, and you will more likely engage in activities that make the world better in the end.

Please be honest with yourself and others. If you acquiesce to living your life with many partial lies, you will likely directly or indirectly support environments where others will also feel more pressured to live their lives with inherent lies.

You have one life to live as an example for others.

Fight for what is remarkably honest.

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“Emily”, created by John Larriva in 2005: