Have you ever met someone and thought that they were not authentic. They are phony and not real. You question what you see on the outside as to who they are on the inside. The same principal applies when you are asked to do something that you really don’t want to do. You put on a front and just do it. These are called masks.
Some people live behind masks and don’t even recognize that they are not who they really are, their authentic self. Others assume the role of the mask on a temporary basis and use the mask as a crutch.
Sometime we cover up who we are, how we think or what we believe by wearing subconscious masks. We’re not talking about a physical masks but mood masks or falsehoods that affect our personality, our actions and our feelings. Wearing masks can also cover up the deeper routed issues.
Are you wearing the…
Gracious Mask and are really self-centred, deceiving and hurtful.
Honesty Mask and you lack integrity, steal software, borrow and don’t return or use other’s ideas.
Happiness Mask and you are really sad, unhappy, hurt and disappointed.
Confident Mask and lack self confidence, are uncertain and afraid.
Generally we wear masks to cover up the deeper routed issues that we want to forget about and show a different front or we wear masks to help up put on the front that we imagine we are. This process helps us try on different personalities and allows us to “fake it” until we make the changes. This is a positive way to wear emotional masks.
The Women’s Growth Network offered a Personal Growth Sheet to explore what masks we are wearing and how the magic of masks can be uplifting and positive or negative and destructive as it covers the true authentic self. Now is the time to confess what masks we wear and want to keep and those ones we should discard and allow the healing to happen to be true to ourselves, our authentic self.
Masks can be magical in our growth. Choose your masks carefully.
Brenda
