Prompt: "It is better to be underrated by people than to be overrated by them."  What are your thoughts on the above statement? Overrated things

are misleading and particularly annoying for people who are not impressed by the superficial things in life. While people may fall for the golden exterior we build around things, nobody really sticks around once they find the bottle half empty. Ċ Nothing is worse than standing in line for the opening of a grand restaurant that has been shamelessly advertising on every television channel, only to walk out with pasta that tastes like plastic. Perhaps if you had gone to the shabby little café down on main street that apparently made really good pizza, you may have ended up with a happier stomach. Ċ However, we cannot blame our attraction to glorified materials. It is human nature for us to be left awe-struck after walking past a limo parked in front of a fancy hotel. And it is not our fault when we peek inside, hoping that a famous stranger, we know nothing about, is staring straight back at us. It is our nature to be fooled by such superficial things and even though it may sound like humanity's tragic tale, we all know it is true. Ċ When things are underrated, we allow room for improvement. We allow ourselves to make the journey to greatness and achieve all that we desire to achieve. But when we glorify things that need not be glorified, we envelop them in a falsehood, shielding their true nature from the world. Ċ The question, alas, we must ask ourselves is, would I rather be loved for the imperfect person that I am, or for the amazing qualities I don't have? And when we build relationships around falsehoods like that, how long do these bonds between us last?