The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be. – Socrates

We pretend so many things. We portray, often, a different person than we truly are, to others.

Pay attention to what it is that we try to portray to others. Are those qualities that lead to more Truth, greater Beauty and deeper Goodness?

If so then it’s incumbent upon us to truly be those qualities. Here’s an example: We’re often super nice to folks outside our home. Certainly that’s a great quality to have. Now how about we make it real so that we’re truly nice, most of the time, even with family? That would mean we won’t have to pretend any more. It would mean we’re being honest to our core and living with honor!

Recommendation: Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth

You can choose to be a person who has resulted simply from what has happened, or from what you’ve chosen to be and do about what has happened. – Neale Donald Walsch

It’s really up to you.

How you react to life events is a decision you make! Jack Canfield shares the following formula:

E + R = O

Event plus our reaction to that event results in an outcome. The event is what it is; how we choose to be (sad, happy, indifferent etc.) and to do (shout, smile, lash out, learn…) is a choice we make every time.

Our peace is entirely up to us because we control our reaction to all external stimuli. How do you choose to react? Rather how do you choose to be?

Recommendation: Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tse