Martyr. Victim. Pffft.

Here's the deal...if you are pretending to be someone you're not and someone wrongs you, you only have yourself to blame. Perhaps you even got what you had coming. 

...if you are being true to yourself and someone wrongs you and you do nothing and say nothing you only have yourself to blame. 

...in other words - take responsibility for yourself. Be strong. Be resilient. Be brave. Be bold. 

Hiding

Seems like everyone has something to hide. From leaders in top positions to everyday Joe's on the street. It has not only become the way we live privately but it is accepted as the public norm. 

Relationships, conversations, actions, thoughts, purchases, trips, habits, gifts...the list is endless. I am not excluding myself from this practice by writing this. I am merely proposing the question - when did hiding our own secrets become the driving factor in how we live?  Is it even possible to live a truly transparent life?  Or have our daily lives become so intertwined with each other that it would be entirely too complicated?

What is there to fear?  Judgement?  Resentment?  Conviction?  Guilt?  Exposure?  I think it has a ton to do with the responsibility that follows suit. If I come clean with my secret I run the risk of exposing you. If you are exposed you may get mad at me. If you get mad we may not be friends. But are we really friends to begin with if our friendship crumbled due to honesty?  

Hmmmm.