The Infamous Mask

You know the one.  It's the one you put on when you are trying to hide what is really going on inside.  It has half a smile, an attempt at twinkle in your eye.  (My mask has always been the opposite---the one with a frown and squinting eyes).  Either way they are both used for the same thing to try to throw people off from your pain, guilt, sadness, loneliness, etc., etc.  Whichever mask you use, your true friends, people who care about you can see right through them.  These are the people we try to avoid knowing that one word or even that sincere look they give us will make the mask come off and the pain surface.  Sometimes when it gets really bad-we subconsciously seek them out-searching, yearning for someone to help with the pain, but not knowing how to ask. 

The funny thing about this concept, the mask only "hides" the emotion for a period of time.  It never makes it go away and never makes it get better.  Sweeping your emotions under the carpet, never cleans them out, it just creates an even bigger mess to deal with sooner or later.  And as we all know it always happens and then it seems so overwhelming and new problems arise and the heap under the carpet can get completely out of control.

This is the time to seek out your friends and loved ones to help you remove the mask if you are unable to do so on your own.  Allow your friends to carry some of your burden.  To help you ease the pain and be able to see life without the mask.

What kind of mask do you wear?