When we interact with others, we do not always allow them to see the effect their actions truly have on us. To do so would show our weakness. Or allow us to feel emotion we choose not to feel.
And to give in to that emotion would cause us to lose control. So we keep on going. Masks firmly in place.
Behind masks that protect us.
There are other less noble masks.
Masks behind which we hide.
Masks of thinly veiled hypocrisy. Masks constructed of the letter of the law, not the moral conduct those laws were intended to protect.
Masks which we weave ourselves to hide our greed and our vice.
What will you do behind your mask?
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I try not to even think about what is going on behind the mask....avoidance seems to work for me these days.
Make a glib comment and hope everybody laughs...
Wow. This hit me because I'm such a conflict avoid-er that I tend to bury hurt feelings rather than dealing with them...which, in turns, creates a cycle of resentment.
So, my mask is a smile and compliance, even when I don't feel it.
My mask is humor. Making light of things that really upset me. Great post!
On the blog, I wear no mask. In real life, I wear a big one. That's sad.
Amazingly timely! I sent wrote an article for an on-line Christian Woman's magazine over this very same issue! Taking off our masks leave us vulnerable - some people you can trust with that vulnerabiity and some you cannot. However, I remember someone saying that if you go through life never making enemies then you have never done anything important.
Wonderful point! Have a blessed, maskless day!
I wear masks for a living. I don't have any energy left over for artifice when I'm not performing.
You are right. We all have masks.
I saw this video before and posted about it some time back. She is unbelievable.
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