You think you know someone; but do you ever really even come close to knowing them. People are complicated. We wear masks. If I were to say that it is a single layer, i would be kidding. We wear a myriad of masks. Some of these masks go so deep into our souls that in the pursuit of hiding who we really are from everyone around, we end up fooling ourselves the most.
I have tried removing the masks and living like me. Oh yes!! I did that. And I feel that they were the only 28 days of my life that I truly lived at all. If I were to put all the days of my life on one side of a balance and just those few days on the other side, the balance would tip in favor of the latter! But, being vulnerable enough to live mask free comes with a price. And a HUGE one at that. A price I am still paying.
Because without armor, without protective suits we are injured the worst.