The walking Pinocchio

Yesterday, I watched the new episode of ‘Once Upon a Time’ series (one of my fav drama series) and it was about Pinocchio. Pinocchio only can turns to boy again from woods if he tells the truth, be a brave boy and not selfish. Those 3 things are hard to do in our life nowadays. It makes me realize that basically we’re all walking Pinocchio. If we not telling lies to each other, then maybe we could be a coward by not telling the truth. And about selfishness, sometimes we should think about our happiness first without considering about others feeling. Well, I do that. But it is so hard not to be selfish. If you put others first too much, you’ll getting hurt at the end of the day. I used to be that type of person, since I got that behavior from my mom. And believe me, it wasn’t good. People will take advantages from your kindness. So, maybe we can be selfish sometimes and put others first on a certain condition or depends on the situation. We can choose to be a real person or walking Pinocchio. But it is not easy to be real. It requires some sacrifices and maybe you will lost something or someone. It is still in my head, these questions. Like how to be honest without hurt someone feeling? How to be happy without being selfish? How to be brave to tell someone the truth, make them listen and then have a real talk instead of telling that you’re okay because obviously you’re not? Is it as simple as “hey, we need a talk?”