The word “person” gives a hint into what we can learn from the evolution of the English language. “Person” is derived from the Latin word “persona” and means a mask or a false face.
By social convention, we are forced to build a character for ourselves starting early in life. This character is often cobbled together without intention or direction.
As life goes on we often forget that we’re not the character we’re playing. As we forget, certain false beliefs about who we are become buried deep within our subconscious.
For the most part, we start out on the wrong foot, unintentionally building a character for ourselves with less than ideal traits. It is important to our growth to be able to adjust our character traits to be more aligned with our better qualities.
We’re all actors, some of us just know that we are.
To make matters worse, we also stack characters. For example, when we have a job interview.
We imagine the scenario based on our expectations.
We read about the company and find out what the culture might be like.
