Pretender

In the late 90's the Pretender was a popular show about a guy who pretended successfully to be someone he wasn't. Playing the part of many different people from many different lives with a goal. It isn't important what the goal was or the plot of the show, or even why it was cancelled.

What is important is that we all are pretenders at some point in time. We pretend to be strong when we are weak. We pretend to have compassion when in reality we are thinking quite the opposite. We pretend to live a life that we do not live behind closed doors. We are all pretenders...

I knew of peers in high school that acted different inside school than they did away from school. The things they said and did were to get approval from other peers, that all elusive "popularity." This in many ways made me sick. I never wanted to be around fake people. I just wanted to be me. I wanted to be around real people. If that meant hanging out with people that no one liked, at least i knew they were real!

See, in school I was the same as I was at home. The only time i was different was on the football field. I became a different person there because I knew I had to be more serious, dedicated, demanding of self, and ruthless. Behind the eyes of my ruthless play you could see that I deeply cared when I hurt someone. Behind the eyes the truth was there. They say the eyes are the windows to the soul. I believe this... Look at someone who is truly evil in their lifestyle and thoughts. See if their eyes don't tell you a story and send chills of fear down your spine...

I am doing my best not to be a pretender in life... Do you pretend to be strong when you are weak..? Do you pretend to be something that you are not?

It's time to get real!

Blessings,

Mike III Aka: Big Daddy