Show them who you are.

As Emerson said, to be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

It is nothing short of courage.

To walk into that dark cave that is your potential.

To become a pioneer of uncharted worlds in search of who you might become.

It is courage to leave what will be accepted for an idea that will certainly be misunderstood.

At least initially, it means you're playing by new rules using new metrics.

Not the rubric that's already been handed out, no anything but that.

And that is the fundamental difference between those who create and those who react, those

who fight to discover who they are, and those who hide behind the mask of acceptance.

It's courage.

See, anyone can criticize.

Anyone can condemn or tear down.

But who's willing to run the gauntlet?

Who's willing to subject themselves to that hell?

Who wants something better so bad that they trade comfort and the reassurance of now

for a life to ultimately be proud of?

To be excited when the sun comes through the window and they jump out of bed in the

morning.

There are most definitely complexities in life, and we do our best to understand them, to

navigate through them. But that question, that particular question in my mind will always be simple,

do you have the courage to show them who you are to make that decision,

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