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Does anyone know the real you?
Many of us spend our lives wearing different masks or façades. We wear some of these masks to cover up parts of ourselves we don’t like and keep others around to change how people see us. The more of these masks we wear, the deeper we hide our true selves.
Wearing these masks constantly causes us to feel alone. A popular quote says “You are only ever loved to the extent that you are known”. We cannot feel loved for who we really are as long as we are not known as we really are. At the same time, we fear that if we expose our true selves we will be rejected. This frustrating cycle keeps our real selves masked and our relationships shallow and unfulfilling.
In today’s culture of “keeping up with the Jones’ ” it is no surprise that most of us find ourselves stuck in a never ending rat race of living up to what we think other people expect. Meanwhile, our true selves get left behind in the dust.
Additionally, as humans we have a natural desire to change and progress but because of our need to please others, too often the motivation for change is the external effects it might have rather than its innate worth. This type of change never lasts and we end up back at square one, feeling unknown and unloved, not to mention unchanged.
