Be who you are

It popped up on my FB feed this afternoon.

I have featured the work of Jaime Carrera before on this blog, but I felt this video deserved a post all its own. Entitled Passing, the silent short tells the story of a “male-identified character’s uncertainty about society’s perception of him” and how eventually, he comes to recognize that the best way to be is to be true to himself.

It doesn’t matter who you are — I really believe that that is the best way to be and live: in the truth of the self.

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