Underneath the mask...

Source: Gossip Girl 

From a young age we are taught right from wrong, and we start to attach ourselves to the things we like; colours, clothing, girly traits or even tomboy traits.

From our family and friends we start to develop who we are and who we want to be…a little thing called our identities. However sometimes something from our past haunts us and we begin to place layers on, to cover up who we really are. We begin to shelter ourselves and the only person who knows what we are feeling; who we truly are is ourselves. Scary thought, but a lot of us place masks to cover up because we are afraid that our true selves will push a person away. Everyone has faults that we hate and wish we had a magic wand to wave a way but we don’t. 

When you’re with someone should the little things you hate make you afraid, sometimes it can. We are human, unfortunately we are going to accept or reject what we think of people. I know I like to make reference to this but I’m sure everyone that read the Fifty Shades of Grey series wasn’t impress to find out that this perfect ‘god’ C. Grey was a sex maniac but in the novel the female protagonist, Anastasia learns how to see the man behind the mask is a fragile human being who’s past haunted him. 

My point here is that if we are not careful we might let the mask define who we are. You should be who you want to be, no one can take that away and if your with someone, they should accept you for what’s underneath the mask and not let the mask define who you are.

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