Faces

“We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others, that in the end, we become disguised to ourselves.”

I heard this at the end of a show I like very much. Mostly because it’s a crime show from a psychological standpoint…Criminal Minds. I didn’t catch the author of this wonderful quote, due to the suddenness of the statement. You don’t watch something with pen and pad in hand so that you may write down everything…well I don’t, lol. Plus, it was foreign and I’m not sure I would’ve spelled it correctly and that would kill me more than not ever knowing in the first place. Ok…enough of the explaining!

The reason I wrote this one down is because it hit home with me. I, as we all have, put on many masks. We have one for work and/or school, time with friends, time with family, and any other situation. The point is to take those off and get back to who we really are. This may sound as though you’re being fake, but the truth is, how you are at the concert featuring the best local bands, is not how you should be at work, lol. To me the place we get lost, is not knowing the difference between the masks…losing who you truly are.

Part II of this, at what point do we become unrecognizable to ourselves? We go from face to face never realizing how we affect the true person. Some may ask… how does the true person ever surface when we are constantly change faces? For me, this is a constant battle. I’m trying to show the true person and maintain masks when necessary. We live double, triple lives and we don’t even recognize it. We eventually get tired of this. Eventually we break the masks all together. At times this can be detrimental to certain situations where masks are needed. At times, if done properly, we can show our true selves and keep situations, where the masks are necessary, in tact.

Some want to rebel…RAGE AGAISNT THE MACHINE, but that is not the best way to do things, lol. It’s a gradual, subtle change. Somewhat like a sneak attack…covert ops. It’s a change that should not, in all situations, be OUT LOUD. At work…subtle…friends could be “I AM WOMAN, HEAR ME ROAR!!”, lol.