Inauthentic life

[Some] are stuck in the performance even at home - stuck within a persona - a mask they have convinced themselves is who they are.
The secret garden - who they actually are - lies abandoned and full of weeds.
“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there's something stronger – something better, pushing right back.” - Albert Camus
To escape the prison of our preconceptions, which ties our well-being to external factors outside of our control - we must carefully tend to this garden, to gain a sense of self beyond just the social qualifiers we have for ourselves. We are after all far more than our gender ethnicity, nationality or job title.--- insaneintheblain. 4 hours ago