I am not an influential person but I have some friends of my partner who have a good social status. I am generally shy and I also know that I need to show myself in a different way, to be a little more polite in order to speak in front of others.

Well that day he asked me to accompany him to a meeting and so there I was listening and asking questions to start a conversation, that is to say, to listen to each other.

But the people at the meeting wanted to know about me, what I do, what I do, and how I like what I do. I think I talked like I was trying to impress. That wasn't really me but I did it because I wanted to be nice.

At the end of that meeting I felt really bad, I was crying. Because I realized my bad performance. That that person was not me. It felt terrible. And as you mention in this article they surely felt sorry for me.

Very good your reflection and what a pleasure to have reached this message that you share with us. Knowing when to be silent.