Guts. Audacity. Grit. Courage. Backbone. Spunk. these all speak to the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, challenges, tests and trials without fear. Lets call it "bravery."
If an individuals has guts or the bravado; they have an ability to perform and/or face a situation or setting that would otherwise seem daunting in its accomplishment. Call it entering a lion's cage armed with a tree sapling.
Deploying said emotional drive to overcome challenges however is a totally different thing. The ability to present oneself as a "gutsy" individual is usually limited to lip exercise and is seldom just talk. Putting up a front is a daily occurance in everyone's life and living with a constant, transparent veil is common place. Our pretense to certain facets of existence present our lives, as faces caked in Maybelline, Chanel, L'oreal or Yves Saint Laurent. We, as sapiens have mastered the art of concealment. Our true identity is known to none, not even ourselves. We have become so ingrained and etched in our fantasy filled lives we have started believing them as true and as ours. Which then begs the question. Is it ever possible to present a true version of whom you are or are our adaptations of who we say we are the now acceptable true version of ourselves? Is what we tell and show people we are, the acceptable standard of reality with regards to human interaction?
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