I sometimes hide my shining optimistic side to avoid put-downs from others. Some will assume it means I don't know pain, or that I can't acknowledge their pain is real, but that's far from the truth.
I hide my strong opinions to avoid attracting unnecessary conflict. Already got enough conflict in my head.
And I hide the fact that I am a bit eccentric. I evolved to be shy and insecure so I could use that as my blanket so that I don't have to face the fact that I'm meant to be boldly different.
I hide my quirky preferences so that people won't go out of their way to make me feel better. It makes me feel guilty when people are too nice.
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Amén , boldly different.
Yes, that is maybe the best word, one of 'em anyway, to describe Jesus way of living His life as a human on Earth . And, Jesus, not so coincidentally, said that so true in so many words, speaking to His disciples right before Jesus sentí to he at the 'right hand of God', speaking here of in two last parts of two gospel books of the bible. These are two of the most feared, yet revered, verses, I think, for Christians. Evangelista-challenging verses of all time helping us realize we are asked by Jesus to do things in the name of the Trinity, being given all power to do so by God our Father in Heaven. Our mission field, wherever that may be, is where God wants us to go do His work.
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Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observé all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen.
Matthew 28: 19-20
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We find out who we are, that is, we find out who God wants us to be, by bolding believing in Him enough to go into the world and preach His name , close to home, or, far away, or, maybe, far, far away, to reach the green people that need God , like Shrek