It's so easy to hide who we really are.
My question is, why do we do it? When we realize the freedom that comes with being honest with ourselves and others, why keep hiding?
Because being vulnerable is, in a word, TERRIFYING.
It's so, so scary to tell someone we trust that all isn't as it seems. That our life isn't as neat and tidy as the image we work so hard to project. That, to be honest, we wear many masks and build up many walls so we can protect ourselves and hide and keep ourselves "safe."
And what a very lonely life that is. I know, because I've been realizing how alone I feel, trying so hard to distance myself from the people I care about and who care about me.
But I can't keep living that way.
No one can keep living that way!
We NEED community and to know we aren't alone with our fears and doubts!
With that realization, I've been working hard (with the help of many phenomenal friends) to take off those masks and break down my walls; to get rid of the barriers and to embrace the freedom that comes with accepting love and grace, both from Jesus and from the people He's put in my life.
It isn't easy.
It's a daily fight to stop believing lies.
And it's excruciatingly difficult to change my mindset and learn how to accept what they're saying as truth.
But I won't give up.
Because masks and walls and being alone just aren't worth it.
(Ps, listen to this absolutely beautiful song: Able)
