why the mask?

transparency.

real.
open.
honest.

the gut-level kind.

that's what we're missing.
that's what we need.

i look around and see happy plastic people.
with walls to hide our weakness.
and smiles to hide our pain.

would that we were more like Jesus.
brutally honest.
and tell-it-like-it-is christians.
with love.

it has to be balanced with love.
that's the way He did it.
and people listened.
and were healed.
not just their bodies.
but their hearts.

we have a lot of broken hearts.
hidden by smiles.

we all hurt.
pain is not a new development.
and the wisest man that ever lived
said that there is nothing new under the sun.
in other words.
we all experience the exact same things.
in different forms.
at different times.
with different people.

but the same.

so why do we bury it all inside.
as if we are the only ones that sin.
or hurt.
or make a mess of our lives.
or cry.

would it set you free.
if you dared to let me see.
the truth behind the person.
i imagine you to be?

i wish for once when i asked someone how they are.
they would just tell me the truth.