Facades
As much as we would like like to, I have come to the conclusion we cannot hide from what we have done, nor more importantly what/who we are. This is bothersome. It is bothersome because we live in a world of Hippocratic subterfuge. None of us are who, or what, we say we are. We try to be, of that I have no doubt, but we move through the world most often trying to be what is expected of us by others. The responsible youth, the committed boyfriend, the dutiful spouse, the loyal employee, etc. These are all roles we adopt and shed as the situation requires but we are imperfect. We falter, and as much as we would like, we cannot always stay who we wish to be, who we are expected to be, nor continue to claim to be that which we want others to think we are. I know policemen who regularly smoke weed. They are decorated members of a police force and do their job well but they break the law. They are criminals according to the law. We see them as law keepers, but they ar...