𝑻𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒎, 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒕 𝒂 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆’𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚. 𝑹𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒘𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍—𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆—𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌. 𝑼𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚, 𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒃𝒆: 𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒚, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆.
𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔—𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒇𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒎; 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑. 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒎 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈’𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒅. 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆, 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑 𝒊𝒏.
𝑰𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕, 𝒏𝒐—𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒇 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕. 𝑰𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈’𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏.