"Faking It"

I  HATE fakiness! Now I'm not talking exterior fakiness. I color my hair, wear plenty of make-up and can sport "falsies" with the best of 'em! I call that "enhancement" or "embellishing". Nope, I'm talking about fake smiles, fake eyes, fake intentions, fake stories and fake hearts.

You don't have to go very far to see it today. It's everywhere! In politics, in Hollywood, in everyday conversations. We needn't look any further than Bill Cosby or Brian Williams to see its prevalance. Many people have been doing it for so long, they don't even realize it's fakiness.

 These days, social media makes it easier to be fake. Facebook can paint a totally different picture than what is true. Case in point... Say someone on Facebook presents her family life as the best there can be. Then when you see the entire family at a restaurant, faces buried in their phones... It just doesn't match up to what was portrayed online.

 It makes no sense, to me, to have fakiness in our lives. I try not to judge. But to me, when you start with the fakiness, you lose sight of what's real...and what's important.

 We all end up in the same place in the end. What we have and what we think we are, is of little value. Being sincere and genuine in our everyday lives, to my way of thinking, sure would be easier than going through life as a fake. Propping ourselves up as something we're not would be exhausting!

So let's all adopt a "what you see is what you get" attitude... Want to? But I'm not giving up my make-up and hair color! EVER! Nor should you WANT me to... Have a sincerely terrific day!