The true personality appears when the social mask is removed. Many people, out of fear, spend a lifetime without being able to assume it, or even know it. The most obvious effect of this is permanent dissatisfaction. There is nothing in this life that can replace the pleasure that comes from authenticity; to experience it, however, requires an act of courage, which is always disruptive, with short-term consequences that are often unpleasant. It happens that, much sooner than expected, the initial shock wears off and it feels like a release from infinite constraints, all of which stem from the unfortunate attempt to appear to be what one is not.
Tag: behavior
Maturity Is Perhaps Notable for Being…
Maturity is perhaps notable for being the age when it becomes impossible to start an endeavor and then abandon it, when one always thinks about the end and what one does is done so that, if it does not end at a previously defined point, it lasts for the rest of one’s life. It is an age when the desire for the curious test disappears and one starts to act with certainty and resolution. It is an age, then, when one sees both the motivation and the goal, only making efforts in favor of what is in line with one’s inner nature. Some men never reach it…
As Much Fun as It Is to Consciously Violate…
As much fun as it is to consciously violate each and every one of the dictates of the new language police, it is unpleasant and painful to watch those who bow down to it. It is fun because, with each transgression, we are reminded of the stupidity of these dictates; and it is fun because we express our insubjection to the foolishness. When, however, we observe the reverse in another conscience, what we see is someone who, out of fear or to please, has sacrificed what should be most valuable to him: freedom. Less than irritate, it pains us to observe it…
Every Profession Requires Something Beyond…
From a certain point on, every profession requires something beyond mere convenience in order to be carried out properly. This is usually the case when novelty disappears from the routine, which becomes the execution of tasks already carried out the day before. Then, if there is no motivator beyond what one gets out of doing them, if one does not derive some satisfaction from the daily exercise itself, the job becomes unbearable, the exercise becomes tedious, distressing, torturous. So it seems that the dissatisfied person has to choose between two things: abandon it or succumb to it. Therefore, it is not possible to give other advice than that a profession should be chosen above all with a view to the satisfaction that can be derived from it: in the end, everything else that can be obtained from it will be linked to the existence of this possibility, or not.