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New City MagazineNew City Magazine June 30, 2012June 30, 2012

Remember this song from the Phantom of the Opera production? I wonder how many of us are living our lives

as a part of this great big, well attended masquerade. How many of us, like so many others, put on our ‘mask’

each day before we head out the door? Observing people is something I enjoy doing and one thing that I have

noticed is that so many people are not comfortable with who they are, they seem to think that they need to act

a certain way, or dress a certain way so that others will accept them or like them. When I attended a wedding

yesterday, a young man standing near me was yelling out the silliest of comments and just being down and

outright annoying to all those around him as they tried to listen to what was being said at the front. Some may

think so what? What’s the big deal? I knew this young man and I know that he is not normally like that when you

see him during the week going about what he normally does. Had he been drinking alcohol? No, he was

drinking coke. But he obviously thought he needed the mask on to behave differently than normal but really all

it is, is a cry for someone to notice him, for someone to accept him and to love him for who he is.

Here’s another example: When asked how they are doing, many people just smile and say ‘Fine thanks, just

fine.’ But if you knew them you would know that it is simply not true. Obviously we can’t share everything with

everybody, but why can’t we at least be honest and leave the masks at home?

To know who you are and to be comfortable with who you are is to leave the mask at home safely tucked up in

the drawer. True friends accept us for who we are and not who they think we should be, or who they might

want us to be. Yes, each one of us is different, but that’s what makes us interesting. Imagine if we were all

exactly the same – how boring would things be then? It’s okay to be different, and it’s okay to be yourself, just

to be YOU. Wearing a mask(s) every day can be wearying because you feel like you have to continually be all

things to all people, but to be yourself is relaxing and exhilarating because there is such a freedom that comes

with it.

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So why not leave the mask at home today and decide to be you. If others don’t like you, that’s okay, but there

will be others who will be drawn to you because you are real, honest, comfortable with who you are, and

genuine in a world where so much else is not. (DG)

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