Choose

Why do people choose ?
Why do people choose who to show what face to ?
A person that I worked with recently passed away , I worked with this person over a decade he passed away too young , seems as many people have different memories of him. Their were different groups, the people he worked with, people that were his friends, his family, casual relationships, and those that saw his other side in management. I am sure that he wanted to be that guy that many of friends knew and celebrated but , as we all do , he struggled to be that person all the time, he had it in him so why choose ?
 The only thing I always come back to is power and money, because people need to keep their power and to climb that corporate ladder something happens to people, I have witnessed it with too many people along my business life. They become hard and in order to keep climbing they choose , they choose to put blinders on to those they may need to eliminate because they may either disagree with or hurt their chances to make more money or a bigger title- it is not pretty.
And here is the important part , what role do WE play in why these people in our lives choose the face they do ? After all remember - the only person we can ever truly change is ourselves.
The real shame is I see that other side, the inner person, the one that can be kind and light and open but they choose to only let that side out to certain people and at certain times, the real problem is they see it too but they get to a point of no return and it starts the beginning of the end for them.
It is never too late to choose the face of kindness, let go of that worry of money, titles and power and be that person with everyone, that person who smiles and wants to help.
Choose your inner child... the rest will follow.