There is this life. It is what we have been given. It is what we are born into, and what we will leave behind. It is nothing.

Yet, it is something great, because it it so preciously unique. So astoundingly dissimilar to anything else that exists now, and anything in creation that ever has.

 

This incredibleness – this singularity – gives us such an opportunity to simply be.

 

So with this beautiful gift of greatness, why do we hide how great this gift is by being anything less than who we are? Anything less than true about the existence that we have? Anything short of being open about what we are meant to be?

 

For some, it's the truth of their attractions that they hide, for fear of who may hate them for the people that they come to love. For fear of the people they may lose. For fear of the relationships that may be injured, or dissolved away.

 

For some, it's the truth of their relationships. That the hearts they put into it are no longer there. That the love they had going into it, was more passing than what they ever wished it to be.


For some, it's the truth of their beliefs. The direction of their spirits that they try to hide, for fear that others may cringe, or deride them because of the paths that they are on. That they may be on their journey alone. Or that they will be shown the people that they used to be even only what seems like moments ago, that they want to be no more.

 

There is this life. It is what we have. And, it is beautiful. And, it is great.

And, it is incredible.

Why do we give in to the choice to fill it with only silent wishes of being really who we know we should be? Why do we hide who we are?

Why do we let fear dictate what we say, and who we say it to, and how we live these lives that seem to end before they've even begun?

 

Why do we continue to accept that this is simply the way that it should be done?

 

Our lives are more important than this.

We are here for such a short time. Shouldn't we live in truth, instead of in fear?

 

Old habits die very hard. Most changes that happen won't happen over night. But if, each day, we begin to open the doors of our truths – let a little light of honesty shine through – maybe we can stop the lies that are covering each of our worlds. Maybe, with each step into truth that we take, we can stop concerning ourselves with what others may do. Stop feeling the apprehension of possibilities we may not like, and just finally be able to breathe in the air of being who we are.

 

I want this.

I want to be me. No pretenses. Nothing to pretend.

I want to be the real me. The person that I hide because I'm afraid to let him show.

 

I resolve that each day, I will do what I can to let a part of who I really am shine through. I resolve that I may lose people in my life, but those I lose were only meant to be found for a little while to begin with. And that those I find, I will find through the truth of who I am. And that those who find me will find me in my honesty, choosing to stay or to leave based on that, and not who I pretend to be.

 

Only you can choose whether or not you resolve to do the same.

 

If you do resolve to try to let your truth shine through, copy this, and post it so others can see, and hopefully make a resolution to try to change as well.



What you have read here is the original, by me, Stuart Rood. If you are copying this text, you do NOT need to copy this part.