Come join the Masquerade
My friend shared some of Oscar Wilde’s wisdom today
“Give someone a mask and they’ll show their true face”
Social Masks
And I couldn't agree more. Presenting a certain face to the
world is something that we are all familiar with. Everyone acts differently
around different people for different reasons. Be it social acceptance, to be
liked, hide excitement, happiness, vulnerability, the truth, fear, anger,
sadness, depress, pain. Maybe even to manipulate and deceive.
For me, donning a masks helped me to express the more hidden
aspect of myself. A way of letting loose without feeling fearful or self-conscious.
These masks were an avenue of transformation and self-discovery. The feeling is
empowering.
There are times we need to be the rock of strength for those
around us, even when we ourselves struggle. Putting on a social mask of
certainty and strength gives confidence to those around you and makes you feel
confident.
-fortified and impenetrable, I appear ominous, daunting, and
invincible, prepared to conquer the world-
Don’t we all want to feel like this
all the time?
The Temptation of Social Masks
The problem is that these false social masks can become
molded to our faces and become permanent parts of ourselves.
Ponder with me. I’m always asking
“who am I really?”
And every single time, I can never give a definite answer. I
only have who I am with loved ones, who I appear to be with friends and how I portray
myself to strangers.
It’s easy to put on a mask to transform into someone else,
but its harder to change who we really are. The masks becomes the source of our
power and confidence instead of that power coming from within.
The daunting problem with a constant false front is that the
relationships we make while wearing it are inevitably… inauthentic. The people
interact with your alter ego instead of the real you.
Taking off the Mask
Masks can both conceal and reveal. We should be careful not
to let these facades mold to our faces so that we can’t take them off.
Try cultivating friendships and relationships that allow us
to drop the pretense and be ourselves.
These are the kinds of close relationships that provide
pockets of relief and sanity; they allow us to be open and vulnerable and are
absolutely essential.
In cultivating our inner values; pride, confidence and
strength. These values do not originate from a mask, they flourish within.
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” Oscar Wilde
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Come join the Masquerade
My friend shared some of Oscar Wilde’s wisdom today
“Give someone a mask and they’ll show their true face”
Social Masks
And I couldn't agree more. Presenting a certain face to the
world is something that we are all familiar with. Everyone acts differently
around different people for different reasons. Be it social acceptance, to be
liked, hide excitement, happiness, vulnerability, the truth, fear, anger,
sadness, depress, pain. Maybe even to manipulate and deceive.
For me, donning a masks helped me to express the more hidden
aspect of myself. A way of letting loose without feeling fearful or self-conscious.
These masks were an avenue of transformation and self-discovery. The feeling is
empowering.
There are times we need to be the rock of strength for those
around us, even when we ourselves struggle. Putting on a social mask of
certainty and strength gives confidence to those around you and makes you feel
confident.
-fortified and impenetrable, I appear ominous, daunting, and
invincible, prepared to conquer the world-
Don’t we all want to feel like this
all the time?
The Temptation of Social Masks
The problem is that these false social masks can become
molded to our faces and become permanent parts of ourselves.
Ponder with me. I’m always asking
“who am I really?”
And every single time, I can never give a definite answer. I
only have who I am with loved ones, who I appear to be with friends and how I portray
myself to strangers.
It’s easy to put on a mask to transform into someone else,
but its harder to change who we really are. The masks becomes the source of our
power and confidence instead of that power coming from within.
The daunting problem with a constant false front is that the
relationships we make while wearing it are inevitably… inauthentic. The people
interact with your alter ego instead of the real you.
Taking off the Mask
Masks can both conceal and reveal. We should be careful not
to let these facades mold to our faces so that we can’t take them off.
Try cultivating friendships and relationships that allow us
to drop the pretense and be ourselves.
These are the kinds of close relationships that provide
pockets of relief and sanity; they allow us to be open and vulnerable and are
absolutely essential.
In cultivating our inner values; pride, confidence and
strength. These values do not originate from a mask, they flourish within.
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” Oscar Wilde
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Controler
I am Me. And it won't change.
[ kneel down to the floor, cuz the Loyal Controler is comiiing ]
Hey guys. I'm the Royal Controler in this imaginary world. My name's bening [ or you can call me PERIOD ].
I'm 93452723482318 years old and yet i look like a
toddler 9 year old.
My hometown is Mars, but apparently i'm now in Atlantis, on the way to Bandung, Indonesia. Oh, of COURSE i'm Indonesian.
Actually, I'm born in the 18th of April, but all of a sudden i forgot in what year i was born, so.. yeah.
I DON'T like studying, because it's boring. I HATE wrecked-complicated templates, and.. slow internet. I SUPREMELY HATE worms, because they're slimy and disgusting =.=
BUUU~T i love LOT'S of things too. Example?
PIZZA (definitely), MUSIIIC (awfully in love), BLOGGING (awesomely married), EDITING TEMPLATES (growing old together), SOCIAL (supremely will be dead together), GOD (will be in my heart forever).
Anyways, I'm just plain Me. Not gonna change. Oh, one more thing:
Copycats, Hackers, Spammers, Rippers make me famous.
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