“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”
― Robert F. Kennedy

Friday 14 December 2012

Masks

Every morning when I look in the mirror, I ask the girl staring back at me:
Can you see that I've fallen from grace,
and that this is not my natural face?
She answers that I might be showing at the seams and that another fake smile or maybe money given to a beggar would make me feel a bit better.

Why do we do it? We package ourselves so differently from what we actually are. Any overwhelming emotion tends to be oppressed. We should love - but not to fiercely, hate - but not completely and live - but please not too loud dear.

When all is said and done what do we have left but our stories, yet we always tell our stories with a bit more love than was actually expressed and a bit more hate than was actually conveyed. We need to learn that it might be okay to not be okay and we should just be true to who we are. Say what you need to say even if you fear rejection or failure.

“A human being is nothing but a story wrapped in skin.”
- Fred Allen

We need to live a little, love a lot and laugh even more.
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