Authenticity
Authenticity is a hard thing to achieve. The only time we really hit it is in the middle of crisis. I mean look at these peoples faces. They are all giving us their true, authentic selves.
Why is it that in crisis we display the truth of who we are? Yet in the “peachy” times (big ups to GA) we have the hardest time?
RAIN IT DOWN
That guy looks like me now!
Los,
Crazy pic. (Where do you find this stuff?)
Yeah, I believe authenticity is situational. I’m authentic with my wife in a different way than I’m authentic with my daughters even still in a different way from being authentic around perfect strangers. This is all regardless of the level of stress or crisis in my life or lack there of.
Although I do think stress can at times be a catalyst for certain types of authenticity.
good question, mostly because crisis is the only thing that gets my attention and makes me take a long hard look at myself. maybe that’s why Paul liked hardship?
If we walked around looking like that all day would we have any friends?!?!
I hope that guy didn’t choke on his mint.
I don’t know the answer. I wish I did. I know I’m not really real when I’m just being me.
It’s like this morning. I was looking at my key chain as I walked into church (where I work) and watched as my hands (by way of the brain) switched key chains. Sometimes, it seems that by switching which key chain I have to use, I’m switching the person.
When I go home, I use one set of keys. When I come to work, I use another set.
When I go home, I become one person. When I go to work, I become another. Which is the real, authentic me?
I don’t know. Anyway, that’s where my thoughts were today. Great topic. I think I have to put myself through crisis more often.
You know what’s making me laugh when I look at that picture? Imagining what sound is coming out of the mouth of the guy in the top left corner – the one with the peppermint Lifesaver.
I’m guessing it’s something like this – “AAAAAIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEE!!”
At least he’ll have nice, fresh breath.
I had saved this picture when it was published. My wife, without knowing that I was saving it, threw it away. Thanks for posting it.
Dave
Crisis can bring out the best in you, but People do not always respond to a crisis as their best self. The response is authentic, but not always a personal best.
I really appreciate this photo and your thougths as I’ve had a lot of crisis going on in my family right now.
“Authenticity is a hard thing to achieve. The only time we really hit it is in the middle of crisis.”
That’s awesome….care if I use it?
Blessings,
Gene