The Thought Of The Day.

Mask, they come in many forms some have feathers on the top corner that look like a swan, some of embellishments, some have glitter, and some have lace, for a mask is the main attire for a masquerade. But today I’m not going to be talking about the loved mask of a grand ball, no, today I want to talk about the masquerade of life and the mask we where in it. Whether we realize it or not everyday we put on a mask, now you may be reading this and are saying “I don’t wear a mask I am who I am.” I love that you are who you are, but if were truly honest with ourselves like most of the world your wearing a mask and may not even realize it. Mask, hide our identity at a ball, but in life they hide a lot more a mask not only hides but also deceives those around us they hide what we’re feeling. They hide our anger, our pain, our annoyance, our brokenness, our bitterness, our guilt, our envy, our sadness, our anxiety, our depression, our lust, our numbness, our insecurity. Every single one of us, every single person who is reading this is wearing a mask of some sort it may not be listed above but you know what it is. It’s hard in this world where society says we’re so accepted but if your not in the new trend or if you stand out, if you don’t look how they want or sound how they would like you to your no longer accepted in this accepting society. That not only puts stress on you to fit in but also per pressures you to mask who you truly are and be something your not, and to not show what you love and feel. You can be the most confident person in the room but what is it your confidence masking that you don’t want no one to see because then you won’t feel so confident anymore. What is your quiet voice masking that you don’t want to say because someone may look at you differently so you swallow your words masking them with silence. What is your know it all persona masking that you are terrified to actually be wrong about that’ll make everything crumble around you. What is your unapproachable attitude masking you from that you think will help you not to get hurt again, only your hurting yourself more by masking it. What is it? What are you hiding? Is it from yourself, or is it from the world around you? I’m not sure why this is being wrote out all I know is it has been in my thought pattern for two weeks now and refuses to go away which tells me not only do I need this but someone else out there does too so please let the words that flow next settle within in you. You, do not need to hide who you are, you don’t need to mask your feelings anymore, you don’t need to hide and burry them and cover them up, it’s okay to feel, it’s okay to express, and it’s okay to be exactly who you are because that is who God made you to be. Take the mask off it may be hard, it's not easy to let your raw and true self be seen in this world but it will better you, don’t be afraid of who you are don't hide you any longer and try your hardest to keep that mask off because once you wear it for so long it becomes apart of you and you don’t want that you want to be free. Set yourself free and breathe again, feel again, be you again, and most importantly love you and all your beautifully raw emotional self again.