As I was saying

So I wrote this amazing piece to share with you guys, happily pressed the POST button, then went my way thinking all is well. It was only when a dear friend brought that to my attention that I went in to read my blog only to be met by a blank. So here am I again desperately trying to remember the major points I had highlighted, on the upside I'm sure this will be fresher than the one I lost.

Well we were driving home from work the other day with one of my girlfriends that my mind drifted again to the issue of masks and how they are so useful at times. For example in my family and marriage I find myself to be the reserved one,such that sometimes I have to endure listwning to stories for the third and fourth time. Not that I mind really but I don't normally alert the story-teller that I have heard it before, instead I usually just nod along and laugh as heartily as the day I first heard it. Now some may say that's hypocrisy but hey we all do it at some point, tell me who can honestly say they have never gone along with some crazy idea from their loved one just because they didn't want to hurt their feelings. Those of us who are parents know all too well how satisfying it is to make your child's eyes sparkle as you go along with their schemes. It may be playing horsey with dad, when dad is dog-tired and would rather plomp in front of the TV, or having to run outside and look at that beautiful butterfly while your precious dinner is about to burn. We all know as parents we always obliging because it brings joy to the child,and yes that's pretence because you would rather be doing something. This simply shows that masks are a necessity the only problem arises when one decides to make the mask their identity,that is when instead of taking off the mask when it has served its purpose one continues to adopt the behaviour as theirs permanently. An extreme example would be when one ends up being overly permissive to anyone who demands anything of them simply because one is afraid of falling out of favour. There is a time to let people have their way even if you may not like it, sometimes you just need to put on a smiling face and oblige, hence the expressing braving it. But there is also a time to put your foot down and let people know where you stand,something I am working on by the day. On a more serious note some of us have worn masks for so long that we need to relearn who we are, and that is only possible when we go to God and let Him peel off the layers of masks we have worn so the world can accept us.