Mask Off!

To an extent, we all wear masks. (Feinting anger just to attract sympathy; pretending to love a dish just to earn the admiration of your partner; imitating the lifestyle of those around you just to feel 'among'). All these are masks which often blind us from seeing the real picture of life and the harm in putting them (the masks) on.

While throwing a fit just to attract sympathy or empathy from one's parents or friends might be tagged 'childish', this isn't the case when it is -or develops into - a habit.

You see, people watch your every move; whatever curve or fold your face takes; whatever decision you make; and, whatever remark you make about anything. Some have taken it upon themselves as the first item on their priority list.

Now the question is: "how do people look at you?" What comes first to the minds of those lurking in a corner, watching you, whenever you come into their range of thought?

Masks are worms eating deep into trust, which is one of the foundations of every sturdy relationship. It doesn't help when you assure your friends that you despise a certain act, and the next minute, you are seen displaying the beauty of that same activity to another set of friends.

Pretending to like a thing you actually don't just to be in favor with a person's feelings might seem right at first; but the minute the person involved learns of the truth, you wouldn't only be hurting those feelings - you might as well be killing them!

Living in pretence not only confuses those encircling you; it points you out as an unreliable individual lacking integrity, thus placing another disgusting mask atop the hundreds you've got on already!

No matter the situation or question of "who's watching?", it pays a great deal to be oneself always - not just to please others (that would be like creating another mask), but to explore your true traits and further attract to you, the right forces to support or oppose those traits! Never wear a mask too long; it just might stick on forever

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