The masks we wear

Everyone wears a mask whether you chose to believe it or not. You see someone always smiling or always giddy, and you think "wow that person must be living the best life". But you don't know what their home life is like or what they can be battling mentally. You see some on the train or walking down the street looking all tough and angry, not displaying any emotion on their face, kind of just pissed off or the "standard bitch face" - little do you know they can be the nicest person in the world. Sometimes people mask their true colors by displaying a persona that is nothing like who they really are. Everyone wears a mask to hide something whether it's to mask their true emotions or to pretend to be something their not. And it is all a lie, when people wear these masks we judge them. And that is where our fault comes in.

To the people that wear a mask to pretend to be something their not. I guarantee you their life is not as glamorous or possibly horrific as they perceive it to be. Through social media outlets and this need to look a certain way people can act, look like anything they want but it's not real it's a mask. Once they take off that mask, their left with their true self and society has transformed them to hate themselves because they don't fit the status quo. I don't blame those people that wear that mask. The world is cruel, the world is mean but find the kindness out there because it's there. Know being your true self is the most beautiful thing out there. It's unattainable because no one can be you, don't mask what you were given just because society tells you it's wrong or it's not good enough.

To the people that wear a mask to hide their emotions I understand you. Be strong, be brave even when we were taught crying is for the weak, showing emotion is for weak- I know how you feel. People smile to hide their pain, people hold back rather than say the truth, people crinkle their eyebrows rather than speaking up on their confusion. People mask the truth. People are too afraid of what or how people will react to their emotion on a topic, people fear honesty. Don't be afraid to speak or to show how you feel . An emotion and expression is worth a thousand words and sometimes people need to see that emotion to understand you or what's going on. Masking something for so long leads to an internal battle that one will no longer be able to fight.

Everyone has a mask- we all wear them differently and for different reasons. The moment we take those masks off the world will be a happier place- no more lies, no more misunderstandings- just the truth, the real. And that is a beautiful thing espicxally in the world we live in today.