WHO ARE YOU?

this video is disturbing as it relates to the kind of work i do. i am a mental health professional and know clients who have personality issues. who they really are gets lost in the crowd of who they want to be or think who they believe they are. both are sad situations when a person can't enjoy the beauty they possess, so they have to create other people in themselves to cope with pain they may be trying to avoid or resist acknowledging. for those of us who like calling ourselves "normal"-i would venture to say we do the same things on a lesser scale. we actually become professional at disguising the "real us" for fear of rejection of others. sometimes, we support those we call friends to do the same-just to exist in their company and call it "having fun". there's no doubt the fun exist. but why would you not think that the fun would continue or even be better if everyone would just be who they really were? if you have been wearing a mask for so long that you may have forgotten what you are about or forgotten the real essence of who you are....then i would find a quiet place and ask God for His assistance to discover the real you. find someone you truly trust to help let you experience who you really are without judgement. and if you feel you don't have such people in your life because they only know the you with the mask...then find new friends without wearing the mask. you may find that you really do like the real you because you found people that do also. then you may get to the place where that doesn't even matter anymore. you like you for you and not for the approval of others. when that happens-you can experience the many sides of you that are real, natural,beautiful,worthy,special and gifted. if you going to be anything....be these things.

FINAL THOUGHT: i have many sides to me, but they all are naturally me because i love who i am. and i express the many sides of as they all connect to the others. each side are aware of the other and they are not seperate or are dramactically opposite. all the sides come together as one. start by loving you first and celebrating the sides that spring from that. let others feel safe to take off their mask and embrace who they really are.

QUESTION: how would you express the best part of yourself today?