Today, the password is...

Sincerity.

People (I'm looking in my phone's front-facing camera here. (Does anyone even know what a mirror is at this point in civilization? (How many parentheses can you nest before it becomes unreadable? (I'm guessing 4.)))) go through life with a filter.  That filter often does a good job of protecting other's feelings, or maybe of keeping us from making a fool of ourselves.  However, all too often it also does a masterful job of removing our sincerity, truthfulness, and the very soul of our emotion and reason.  We filter ourselves out of our self.  It's good to have wisdom in what we say and do, to let our experience and knowledge shape those things to be more effective, but not at the expense of being fake.

God didn't screw up when he made you and me.  That part of you that you hate, that's a "thorn in your side", has a reason and shouldn't be covered up and ignored.  Should it be controlled (if needed)?  Absolutely, but a passionate person should never seek to kill his passion, or a quiet person strive to be loud.  I would venture (in my completely unprofessional opinion) to say that trying to do so will eventually backfire anyway.

In conclusion (AAAHHHHHH!!!!!  Senior essay flashbacks!), be yourself.  If aspects of your personality need to mature or evolve, work on that, but don't cover them up and ignore that they're there.  Sweeping stuff under the rug was never an acceptable way to clean up a mess anyways.

Today, the password is...

Stability.

Closely linked with consistency, I define stability as the state of being stable.  Yeah, I'm just deep like that.  Stable, as in not moving/changing a lot.  If you are standing on a bridge, or atop a tall building, stability is the fact that the thing only moves as much as is necessary.  The Golden Gate bridge sways, but only within the constraints of its purpose.  Anything outside of that purpose results in catastrophic disaster (I'm looking at you, disaster films).  The same concept applies to us.  We can't be rigid and unmoving.  If we are, we won't handle the pressures of life.  We'll crack and break instead of bending and swaying.  Bend and Sway!  Bend and Sway!  I'd make that my mantra, but it might sound a bit awkward in a corporate meeting room.