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Which mask are you wearing today? Is it a mask of being hurt by a spouse/significant other but not telling them the real reason why? Is your mask a smiling face pretending to like your job when you dread going into work? Is it a mask of worry, but telling everyone you’re fine? Is it a fear mask, fear of the unknown?

We wear so many masks to hide our emotions or feelings and instead of recognizing we’ve placed a mask on, we just keep placing more on top. As that is WAY easier and faster than actually doing the work.

So why all the masks? Why do we unconsciously keep them, let alone build them on top of each other? It was how we were conditioned. How many times have you heard “don’t show your emotions”, or “you should feel lucky”, etc.? We keep all the masks because it puts a band aid on the situation, again easy to hide. When we were little and got a scuffed up knee and our parent/guardian but a band aid on it, what did they say after…..”does that feel better”. At that moment you may have thought the band aid took all the pain away, but did the pain really go away? We have all these stories/layers we’ve heard even when we were toddlers to make us feel better, but did they really help us?

Let’s think about all those masks, and yes we all have them. Are they 100% the truth or is there some misinformation within them? Do you believe these stories were true at one point? If you sat down and really reflected on them, would you say some of them were made up in your mind, that maybe you didn’t know the whole truth? So, if the masks are not 100% true, why do you want to carry that around with you? What if you just dropped that mask, what would that feel like?

I’m sure at some point you’ve picked up a heavy weight, or carried heavy groceries, or carried a heavy box while moving. How does it feel when you drop that weight on the floor or those groceries on the countertop? You may let out a big sigh or say, “that was heavy”. Do you feel relief that you’re not carrying it any longer? What about when you are carrying heavy groceries or a heavy box, are you thinking I could do this for eternity? So, when will you drop the weight and start living a freer easier life? You already know it will feel better than carrying it, so what is holding you back?

Is there a mask that provides you with any true comfort, peace or love? If it’s not providing any of that, isn’t it time to let it go? I’m a firm believer; everything happens for a reason. Meaning there was a period when that band aid was used/needed to help teach you something, but if the scratch was never taken care of it wouldn’t heal.

If you continue to get reminders or the same thing keeps happening but maybe it’s presented in a different way. The universe is reminding you to take the band aid off. So many just ignore the signs and add another layer, thinking it won’t happen again. Then it happens again, and that’s when you say, “why does this keep happening”. The energy is presenting itself saying, you don’t need that mask any longer so take the band aid off.

What if you didn’t have to replay those wounds or discouraging words in your head any longer, how would that make you feel? What if you woke up in the morning not dreading going to work but looking forward to the new adventure. What if the people you were going to be surrounded by had great energy, and what if the job you got hired to do transitioned into something you always wanted to do but never thought you would be there?

Do you believe you create what you want or ask for? What if what you always wanted is at your fingertips, but your fist is so clenched that it couldn’t even begin to touch it, and all you needed to do was open your fist? Instead, you feel the pain of your fingernails indenting into the palm of your hand, but what you don’t realize is that as soon as you release the fist the pain goes away.

You may say, “It’s so hard to let go”. Is it extremely hard to let down those heavy bags, or putting that weight down after those biceps’ curls, or unclenching that fist or is it just natural? Your mind may go to, “What if the weight falls on my toe”, or “what if the box gives out and breaks everything inside”. Yes, all those are possibilities, but did you carry the bags or do that extra rep knowing you could do it? You knew you just needed to carry those groceries from your car to the kitchen counter, and it wouldn’t take long. Then there would be relief when the groceries were put down.

You can touch boxes, weights, etc. but feelings, emotions, and “masks” you are not able to touch. Just because you can’t physically touch the mask doesn’t mean that you’re not carrying it. It’s all energy that your body can feel as everything is energy.

Imagine dropping a heavy box and what that feels like. Now imagine dropping all those masks, would it feel different or similar? It’s like cleaning or decluttering your house. You start in one area, and it feels so good that you start another room, and then another. We’re shown in many ways how to clean the house or declutter our physical reality, but when it comes to doing it to our energy body we freak out. So maybe try one mask and see how it feels.

If we peel off all the layers or masks off our body, what do we have left? We’re left with our soul, who we are, our true authentic self. Would you rather know and live your true authentic self, or live under a heap of masks that you or others may never know who truly is within?

It’s time to start decluttering all those masks/layers and finding peace within.