When I read this (and I’ve read it three times), I just thought—how brave you are. People think these things all the time, on the streets, at home, yet they stay silent and pretend. That’s why I struggle with live gatherings—everyone smiles and lies. If more people had the courage to embrace the mess we all are, we’d be so much more compassionate.
It brings me back to something I always explore in marketing: we’re mostly just interacting with each other’s masks. It makes no sense.
And since you feel this so deeply, maybe there’s an opportunity to work with it. Whenever something like this comes up for me, I sit with it, dig into it. Sometimes I write, sometimes I just feel. And usually, I uncover some BS I’ve been telling myself.
Just yesterday, I realized I had this underlying belief that I’m not capable—even though my actual reality says otherwise. Until I faced it, it just kept lingering. It’s kind of amazing how that works. Hope this helps.
Aw, thanks. I honestly never feel brave sharing things like this because don't feel I can be or communicate any other way. I have never hesitated to share my darkness with anyone who is willing to hold space for it. It is where I find true connectivity. I know some people can't hold space for it... it brings them too close to things they don't want to see in themselves. Interestingly, though, the more I, MYSELF, hold space for my own shadows, the more those people don't even come near me anymore lol. It's like they are naturally repelled by my atmosphere and bounce out of my orbit before even getting close.
I hear you on the masks thing. It is SO true. And I want to say especially now-a-days with social media marketing, but I guess I can't really say that with certainty cuz this kind was all I've ever experienced. But yes. Oh, the masks. It is very exhausting indeed.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It makes me happy to know that my words were received!
When I read this (and I’ve read it three times), I just thought—how brave you are. People think these things all the time, on the streets, at home, yet they stay silent and pretend. That’s why I struggle with live gatherings—everyone smiles and lies. If more people had the courage to embrace the mess we all are, we’d be so much more compassionate.
It brings me back to something I always explore in marketing: we’re mostly just interacting with each other’s masks. It makes no sense.
And since you feel this so deeply, maybe there’s an opportunity to work with it. Whenever something like this comes up for me, I sit with it, dig into it. Sometimes I write, sometimes I just feel. And usually, I uncover some BS I’ve been telling myself.
Just yesterday, I realized I had this underlying belief that I’m not capable—even though my actual reality says otherwise. Until I faced it, it just kept lingering. It’s kind of amazing how that works. Hope this helps.
Aw, thanks. I honestly never feel brave sharing things like this because don't feel I can be or communicate any other way. I have never hesitated to share my darkness with anyone who is willing to hold space for it. It is where I find true connectivity. I know some people can't hold space for it... it brings them too close to things they don't want to see in themselves. Interestingly, though, the more I, MYSELF, hold space for my own shadows, the more those people don't even come near me anymore lol. It's like they are naturally repelled by my atmosphere and bounce out of my orbit before even getting close.
I hear you on the masks thing. It is SO true. And I want to say especially now-a-days with social media marketing, but I guess I can't really say that with certainty cuz this kind was all I've ever experienced. But yes. Oh, the masks. It is very exhausting indeed.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It makes me happy to know that my words were received!