behonest

Behonesttoyourlf

ine

parentsstilluitasaperfectexamplewhentheyteachingtheirchildren

hechildrenreallywanttotakethesmallest

pear?WhatIwanttosayisjustbehonesttoyourlf.

I’dliketoaskyouaquestion:howwillyoudefinewhatyoumakeof

yourlf?

It’sactuallytwoquestions:thereistheyouthatpeopleeonthe

t’showmostpeoplewilljudgeyou,becauit’sallthey

cane,whatyoubecomeinlife,thevisibleyou.

Butthen,therestillhasaninvisibleyou,the“you”’s

-CEOofHPhadgivenaspeech

namedneverllyoursoul,itmeansdon’tbesomeoneyou’renot,don’t

belessthanyouare,don’tgiveupwhatyoubelieve,whateverthe

conquencesmayemscaryorbad.

Yearslater,mostofwewillleavethecampus,

willbetestedbecauwewon’tfitsomepeople’spreconceivednotions.

Peoplewillstereotypesofwhatyoucanorcan’tdo,ofwhatyouwillor

won’tdo,ofwhatyoushouldorshouldn’uswho’vebeen

toldforsolongbysomanytobesilkenandthoughtfulandnevergoto

extremesinourdallylifeusuallyignoretheinsidewhatwereallywantto

meetapersonforthefirst

time,weusuallysay,"Yournamehasbeenringinginmyearsforalong

time”,a,

wecallthissmooth,whichmeansyouhaveagoodpeopleskill,and

thatsometimes

,there’sapersonwhoyou

shouldalwaysbehonestto,apersontowhomyoushouldnevertellalie

isyourlf,erhowwetreatothers,weshould

atwereallyareandwhatwereally

like,goodorbad,willputtheirexpectations

andjudgmentsuponyou,theywantustobethepersontheylikebutnot

ometimesitisso

challengeotherpeople’sideasofwhomorhowwe

shouldbe,appenin

smallwaysinhiddenplaces,

chootospendalifetimerentingthetests,angryabouttheslights

nriaboveit,’t

letpeople’candetermineour

oplehavestereotypesofwhatwecan’t

do,eyhavestereotypesofwhatwe

won’tdo,’ime

wepassthetests,imeweresist

ofwhowereallyare,andwhatwereallywhat,webecomestrongerand

y,whenIhavemyownchild,Iwilltellhimorhertakethe

pearswhateveryoulike.