No Pretending

Lesson I learned from my departed father that I did not learn in school:
Son, there are 3 things you can never pretend to have if you don’t have it:
1. Strength
2. Money
3. Knowledge and wisdom
From that time on I realized that it is such a liberating experience to just live life truthfully and need not pretend to be someone I am not or to pretend to have some things I don’t.
And this is what I have passed on to my kids.