Are you hiding youself from what you really are?

I often think of matters about the purpose of life, but never did I think of certain things that happens by my side everyday. Today, I had a talk with one of my seniors who gave me something large enough to think. Certain things that I happen to do everyday end up having no justification for why they are being done. Today, I did think about many things varying from drinking water to the very purpose of my existence. Yes, they are all moving along me, but unnoticed. When you look into that, you really find that the world is big enough to think and dream.

Once during an interview, I was asked to describe myself in a few words and I had an immediate answer to the question, but when I was asked the same question by my senior, I had no answer for it even though he was close to me. Here, I started to think how I am? How could I answer this question to an unfamiliar person, but not to a familiar face. Yes, and I had the answer to this. Yes, I am hiding myself from what I am. I could answer it during the interview just because I had an objective of gaining something. Indeed, I was hiding myself from who I am and portraiting myself as someone whose characteristics match the answers expected by the interviewer. Now, I am clear of what I have been doing and what the majority does. But, something that haunts me is a question " Is this what you must do? Would it benefit when you hide yourself from what you are just for achieving a favourable result? "

How long can you hide yourself from what you are? Are you running away from yourself? Yes, some questions that no one can answer, but you yourself. I want you guys to give your thoughts into it because it is something that occurs by you and passes away unnoticed.