Our suffering is caused by the mind----by a mind that insists on having preferences and won't allow others to be just as they are.
This is the reason that we always find everyone not true to themselves and to others. There is always a comparision going on in our minds about which one is better and why. We do this day in and day out, we never allow anybody to know our true self, we pretend to know what is being discussed, we show how comfortable we are with whatever is around us...................deep inside we would be screaming.
We all wear MASKS, different ones at different times. The happy mask at a party where we had to go, as it was a family gathering, the sad mask at some one's funeral, even though we were not very connected to the person, the genius mask at a presentation, the civil and very courteous mask at some official gathering, where you feel like punching the dodo who has been given the promotion, coz of his buttering and glib talk.
If only we would allow others to be themselves and in the process be ourselves, so much of happiness could be shared and felt, as well as seen. Miseries could be avoided, We could genuinely be happy or sad for others.
We are so busy running the rat race that we hardly have the time to see the world around us. The smile of a child, the scent of a flower, the touch of raindrops..............where are we running to................to hypocracy, which has been labelled as diplomacy in the finer circles!!!!!!!!
STOP. STOP before its too late, stop wearing masks, DON'T be afraid of being yourself...........we all have innate goodness in us that we can stop pretending to be some one who we are not.
Stand up, rise to the occassion, its not that bad as thought................we can do it..
Think whenever you are next going to wear a mask, to tell oneself that its all right to be your own self.
5 comments:
Very nicely written sis!
good stuff!
very true!! it applies to us all.....
Vry nicely put.
Sadly, a sraight n forward approach these days is termed as "socially awkward", bt i still believe, even if one tends to b diplomatic or untruthful to others, one shud never lie to oneself. Ppl say being true all d time is hard, bt i guess dats d easiest thing to do as u dnt hav to manipulate ur thoughts. Bt yes! It does make things difficult for u later...
well said neha, if u r true u don't hv to worry,pretend or be on guard but showing your anger will only give tense muscles....so don't take it on urself.
@Jandeep yeah it does, but we r learning.
nicely written !
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