lowest common denominator

what do we hide behind??? our reputation...our power...our status...our lies...truth be known...the persona of most individuals is not real...an illusion...life may not strip us down to the core of our actual identity...but that does not matter...because who we are...is who we are...and on some level...that is all that we are giving to others...it is a dangerous ride to break this pattern...the journey of becoming authentic...but let me ask you this...what else makes life living for???