Pretending

[Hopelessly]

When did you know you started pretending? When did you realize you were playing in a play and the character was you. But the you everyone liked seeing. The you that the could take a glance at and think nothing of it. Was it that one time they took a glance and saw the tears, saw struggling, saw the tiredness in your eyes. Not just the tiredness of not sleeping the kind of tired that shows you tired of everyday life. And you saw there pain because they didn't know what to do to help, that they struggle to help or find the right words. So you bottled it up , you put on a smile, have a laugh that go to so no on worries. When did you start, for me I half my life been a play I'm pretending to be me.

[TrustYourSoul]

There are amazingly very few people who can TRULY BE THEMSELVES around other people. You are Not in a "play". Most people "filter" their responses and conversations with others. We should. If every person just blurted out whatever comes to mind, nobody would have any friends, and they would all be smacking each other! 😨