Mask

Everyone wears a mask at almost every point in his or her life. Why do I say that ? Well, somebody might right now wearing the mask of a filial son or daughter, the mask of being a diligent worker, the mask of being a seemingly good fren.. All in all, pple would always unknowingly assume "mask" as a sign of hypocrisy...

Well, I used to think about it that way too. But today, a thought suddenly came to me. A mask might not necessarily be a bad thing. In fact, masking, to a certain extent, brings out the humanity in the human nature. Why do I say that ? Given a scenario, an old dad in hospital bed... Family is poor... Son has to work really hard to pay the bills. But this filial son, knowing that sulking and worrying about the bills in front of his dad will only make it worst. Unknowingly, he put on the "mask", reassuring the dad everything is fine and within control. Dad felt peace, dad recovers...

Of cos, mask can be used as form of hypocrisy when someone really want something badly but couldnt get it from others. But thru the century, "masking" might also be the very habit that have kept many love r/s or family from failing. One might argue that it is really through one's nature that reflected such behaviour. Well, that I do not know... I just did know alot of times, when Im faced with a certain circumstances, rather than having the grave attitude that pull everyone down, I rather mask myself to exult the positivity in the situation.