Permanent Mask.

  With all the Halloween stuff going on, all the kids running around with their avatar, gladiator, and even the saw puppet masks on, it's gotten me thinking. Do our masks ever really come off? You know the masks that I mean... The ones that we put on when we are too scared to show people who we are, when we want to fit in or we are just ashamed... Ashamed of who we are. This is a question I ask myself over and over again, never being able to fine a steady answer. I think about the people I know; my friends, myself, and I wonder, who is wearing a mask, and who is not? I'm not saying that everyone out there has become accustom to wearing a mask, definitely not, for some of the most amazing people I know are those people who refuse to ever cover up their true selves, but rather let people see them for who they really are.

 I think about people I used to know, people who used to be nothing but themselves. But you and I both know how it works, you meet a new group of people, and in order for them to like you, you change who you are, covering up your true identity. Soon enough, you begin to forget the person who you used to be, focusing only on the person others want you to be.

Think about yourself. Do you ever wear a mask? Do you ever pretend to be something or someone different from who you really are so that you don't get hurt, ridiculed or left alone?Do you ever feel scared of letting people know who you are? Stop hiding who you really are. If you're scared about certain people judging you for your true self, then they are not worth being in your life. Take it off before it's too late... Before you forget who you really are.

Happy Halloween!