taking it off...(masks)

'nothing is the matter with me.' he said giving out a faint sigh.'

'are you sure that nothing is bothering you?'

'yes! honestly, i am not sad. i am happy!'

this is an example of two friends talking over lunch or drinking soft drinks in the cafeteria. what else would you ask for when your friend says 'honestly...'. nobody in the world would know if he/she is saying the truth or the person is just lying to you to mislead you.except maybe if that friend of yours already knows you well enough to know that he/she is just pretending.

if everybody just told the truth about their real status in life, if they are truly happy or just pretending to be, their would be no web of lies. am i right if i say that almost everyone has lied at least ten times in their whole existence in this world. be it a white lie or not. in case you don't know, a white lie is a lie that you say to a friend when you don't want to hurt his/her feelings. it may seem like it isn't a lie but still, it is a lie.

if nobody told lies, nobody would have misunderstandings. don't get me wrong, i have told my share of lies. more than a lot of you. but, enough about me, i want you to know that no matter how much you lie, the truth will still come out. however deep you have kept it. if you don't believe me, think of the past things you have done, what you have told your friends. the stuff you boast about, are they all true? nonetheless no one can say that you are lying or not. we discussed that in our intro com subject. unless you perform 'leakages'. at least now i know that i am truly learning something.

now, about the masks earlier in this blog entry, i mentioned it because masks is very common nowadays to young people. you wear different kinds of masks. when you are with friends, you wear a mask, when your with relatives you also wear a mask. nowadays, masks are becoming our faces. sad to say, but nobody is being true to himself or herself.

now, masks are very helpful when pretending. let me use my earlier example for closing my blog entry.

'something is the matter with me. but i cant quite point my finger to it.' accompanied by a big sigh.

'you should talk to a friend, if you don't want to talk to me. at least you trust me as a friend to tell me the truth.'

'anyway, thanks.'

*after some weeks*

'hi there. thanks for your advice the other week. i appreciated it a lot'

'oh, your welcome, my pleasure to help you. did you get to solve your problem?'

'actually, i did talk to a friend, and she told me to just be true to my feelings.'

'ow, it was a love problem, i see.'

'and now, being true to myself, and not wanting to mislead you to the wrong thing, here i am saying i love you to you.'

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