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ฮฑ hiding behind the masks ฯ‰

Posted: Sun, Jul 24, 2005 09:54:41 AM

here i am doing service, trying to figure out who i really am. am i really showing my real face or am i just people pleasing?
i did not really think that i would be writing this today, so i thought i could skate through today without thinking too much about this topic.
but alas, i got on-line and my own commitment to writing this screamed louder than my disease about ignoring my thoughts.
so i do understand about hiding behind a façade so no one could ever see who i was and as a result could hurt me. these days i am not any more comfortable about being open with who i am, to every one i happen to run across in my daily life, but i am learning that although i am not comfortable with being open, i do see the benefit in all of my relationships.
so am i better at being open? YES! am i throwing away my masks?? MOST OF THEM!! will i continue to make progress in showing who i am, instead of showing who i want to be?? YES!
each day i get a bit better and more comfortable being and showing who i am and as a result am building my self-esteem day by day.
∞ DT ∞

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Tao Te Ching

☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯

The Tao Teh King, or The Tao and Its Characteristics
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge

Book 1

1) Heaven is long-enduring and earth continues long. The reason why
heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because
they do not live of, or for, themselves. This is how they are able
to continue and endure.