tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680825160842805945.post8709223048163887574..comments2012-07-05T09:40:12.731-07:00Comments on Peacegirl Place: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680825160842805945.post-48232730124880754542011-03-12T15:33:39.874-08:002011-03-12T15:33:39.874-08:00Indeed, the mask is "a wall that keeps others...Indeed, the mask is "a wall that keeps others out." A defense mechanism that we all employ every now and then, if not too often. <br />Great post. To thine own self be true - that's a powerful thing!Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06694559900539722616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680825160842805945.post-58551670443176620152011-03-10T06:48:35.977-08:002011-03-10T06:48:35.977-08:00First, beautiful photo to accompany this post. I ...First, beautiful photo to accompany this post. I love that the girl is getting a "mask" but not smiling. This: "I am finding it intriguing to realize that the times I wear those masks, I do so to please others. My epiphany is this: there is but One I must please," is huge. Especially in the south and perhaps everywhere. If you are asked how you are, the "correct" social exchange is "fine," regardless of the woes that may lurk beneath.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15005462728505418387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680825160842805945.post-11065073315659506332011-03-09T22:42:08.435-08:002011-03-09T22:42:08.435-08:00"Smile though your heart is aching..." ..."Smile though your heart is aching..." *sigh*<br /><br />I put on a mask of a smile and a happy go lucky attitude. I do it because it is expected of me. "she's always smiling." "She makes life more fun." "It's never boring with Chris around." Scratch that I don;t do it because it is expected. I do it because it's easier than trying to justify or explain the lack of a smile and happy face.<br /><br />It's not always a mask, but I have becaome such an expert at it that sometimes I don't even realize it's on until I stop to take a breath.<br /><br /><3 ChickeeChickeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11528502900671204799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680825160842805945.post-69550793145688925852011-03-09T11:07:44.606-08:002011-03-09T11:07:44.606-08:00Hi Paige :)
Love the new look here. Last time you...Hi Paige :)<br /><br />Love the new look here. Last time you wrote about masks I didn't comment because I didn't know what to say. I have a hard time identifying with masks. Am I in denial? I often say I am too honest for my own good - but is that really true? I've had to think about it. Need to make sure I'm being honest with MYSELF.<br /><br />I found a bit of truth in this post that I could grab on to - that sometimes what we could look back on and consider a mask was simply an earlier version of ourselves. We are always evolving. Maybe sometimes if we feel like we are wearing a mask we are really in a cocoon... evolving in to the next version of us. I like that thought. :)Heres a gemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07298323019771906476noreply@blogger.com