Face Off 3 or More? The Proverb.
Greetings All. First of all, thank you for taking the time to purchase our issues. We appreciate all feedback, positive or negative,we seek growth at all times. Which brings us to what I was thinking about in terms of what we know or think we know and how to be with self and with others. There is a Japanese proverb, very ancient, that shares about 3 faces. And this is something that is followed with the understanding that:
One face is what you show to the world. The other face is what you show to close friends & family. Then there is one that you do not show to anyone. My take on this is so deep but luckily, I was able to OnePage it, to hit on the stronger points of the proverb. A lot of times we have friends or elders that tell us about friends. They’d tell us we have too many or we have a spoiled apple in the basket but we ignore and continue to be around the person because we have not seen what they see, but life experiences will have you know that if someone showed you their friends, then no doubt, you know who they are. And that’s what the world will or will not do. This is one of the greatest points about becoming of self, is that you will identify
with who you are as a person and when you do you grow another confidence that others cannot pinpoint what makes you who you are. It’s a naturalness within us. Others call this “Motivation”. Talent does what it can, Genius does what it Must. We are built for this. The world will ask who you are, and when they do, you’d better have an answer for if you don’t, then they’ll TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE! This proverb has so much to do with identification. You can’t show what you do not comprehend in its entirety. The source of the proverb is that society organically ignores what is in the
forefront and they dwell into what cannot be proven. We know that to hide something you’d either place it in a book or just put it in front of those you wish not to learn it. So in the proverb, if two faces are already dedicated to servicing self in other aspects and you must HIDE one. And we are left with the face in the center. The very face before us. It’s Hidden! Thank You for Reading! Michael J. Forbes
