Pretending

I love the statement that Hes brought up yesterday: One of the things that villians in fairy tales or comics or animations always do is "pretending". The Big Wolf in Little Red Riding Hood pretends to be the Grandma, the Step Mom in Snow White pretends to be an old lady, and Crocodile in One Piece pretends to be a good guy... (quite a minor one I know)

Although nowadays many of us take "pretending" as a necessary technique for life, a shortcut for a better career path, a band-aid solution for developing relations with others. The fact is, it never lasts long by just changing your attitude and behaviour. We, as human beings, just cannot pretend to be someone that we are not forever. It is just so damn tired to act in one way while your brain thinks differently.

If you really want to be friend with others, don't pretend to be interested in their hobbies and thoughts. Go and really get interested in them! And if you don't want to put too much efforts on these, let the others understand that you simply don't care. Being unmasked is always embarrassed, not just to others, but to your own self as well.

So be honest, don't be a villian.