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Live Your Own Life
Don’t Deceive Your Own Self as Well as Others
Honesty is a virtue that creates a mature personality and makes a person happy in life. When we are not being true to ourselves, we are not giving ourselves a chance to live the life that is intended to be that of everyone around the world. Also, pretending to be someone we are not denies people the chance to know us. That is why it is important to be able to be genuine, not to make decisions en masse, and not to cheat.
By living an authentic life, one gets to find purpose, or better yet, identify genuine strengths, skills, and interests. If you set goals in life expecting to be something you are not, you will only find yourself empty at the end. Even the most successful and significant individuals in history could become what they are if they did not allow accepting their individuality and the ability to at least try to look at the world differently.
Your soul, your spirit: when you cover those up, you are covering up potentiality from the planet. All people become losers since you fail to maximize your potential as well as that of the other people involved.
Honesty is also crucial for constructive interpersonal interactions, and an individual can only gain mutual respect. The general public always feels that there is something off when someone is…
