As I sat through English A1 today hearing Ms Flo and the discourse on character - the voice of desire - I found myself pondering the characters on this stage of life - us.
there's just so much more to know about each and every character in this endless and changing novel
It's not enough to consider appearance, or speech, or even action. How do we truly know a person, and dig deep into him, to unearth all secrets, all desires and all of him. How do we truly grasp the essence of an individual? To know every nook, every cranny.
An individual can never fully comprehend himself - how then can we hope to comprehend him?
Why, everyone has a hidden identity - maybe 'hidden' is the wrong word - perhaps it's a forgotten identity. Not one that we intentionally try to cover up (though some do have such an identity), but one that we choose to leave aside and let the past remain in the past. We've changed for the better, so why bring up that past again?
But I suppose transparency is something every friend desires - and something every true friend should offer. Transparency, to bear your soul, to drag out whatever monstrous past haunts you, is no easy thing. But one day, all of us will have to be transparent before God and man.
So how now?
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