Judging a book by it's cover

First, I would like to say sorry for not posting like at all for a tiny bit there. I am currently writing a character review for my husband Will Herondale *swoon* and it has very many spoilers and so much to write and I will not lie, it is somewhat hard to write, but I will write it and you all who have read or don't care about the fact it will have major spoils will enjoy it.

Now, on to the point of this entry. We all have heard of the phrase don't judge a book by it's cover, and that is a very true phrase, but why not? I mean, isn't that what the covers for? And yes, I know that it is a metaphor for people, or it is when people use it usually, but why should your exterior be different from you interior.

In Alice and Wonderland, I don't remember what character, but someone said something that really struck me. "Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise."

When you break down what that quote means, it basically says, don't act like something your not. In other words, don't advertise what your not selling.

It is important for people not to assume everything about a person from a glance or things that they have heard, but I truly believe that the things people hear should all be true, and be who we are.

No, do not judge a book by the cover that publicists say will catch the eye of those they want to sell to, but do not ignore it, because a cover should always be true to what the plot is, and if it isn't, take off the dust cover, because I promise you that living a life where you are actually what you seem to be will be so much more fulfilling and lovely.

I have a question for you, is what you look and act like who you are? And I don't mean what cloths you wear, I mean the way you present yourself. It doesn't matter if you don't enjoy being in the spotlight but when you get to your friends you never stop talking, that's different than what I'm talking about.

I realize that what I'm say probably makes no sense, so here is a paraphrase of this whole thing...

Act like who you are, but don't expect that to be the end. you can always go deeper into a personality, but if the outside is a lie to the inside, how do you know the relationship isn't the same?

This is something close to my heart because in elementary school, I was the girl trying to be something I wasn't. I know "Oooh an elementary schooler didn't know who she was oh no.", but it's true. I acted like something that wasn't my personality and all of my friendships were the same.

I hope you got something out of this and I didn't write this for nothing.

#bewhoyouare #rant #oops #dontjudgeabookbyitscover