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Dwight Moody Character
"Character is what you are in the dark." by Dwight Lyman Moody is a quote.What It means is that when someone is alone they tend to be who they really are and they show there true colors. Showing someones true color means that they are who they really are and when they are alone they tend to either be a good or a bad person. A lot of people who are good people tend to be afraid to show who they really are to others because they may be afraid of what to others might think of them.Another reason that people may be afraid to show there true colors to others could be because they think that they are weird and crazy a good kind of crazy though and they are afraid that someone might make fun of them for being different.Those are some of the reasons …show more content…

People care too much about what others think of them instead of them not caring and just being happy they would rather just hide there natural selves away and just show it when they are alone. When people start to pretend to be someone they are not soon enough they actually become that person. And they start to loose the person they once where.So in my opinion I think that people shouldn't hide who they really are and just be happy because in life your going to get judged on everything you do so just ignore what everyone else thinks and just do you because its your life not theres. Nobody is perfect not one person can say that they are or that they have never made a mistake.

In conclusion those are just some of the reasons that I believe people tend to hide there true


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