that's heavy, man
“Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself — and especially to feel. Or not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to — letting a person be what he really is. Most people love you for who you pretend to be. To keep their love, you keep pretending — performing. You get to love your pretense. It's true, we're locked in an image, an act — and the sad thing is, people get so used to their image — they grow attached to their masks. They love their chains. They forget all about who they really are. And if you try to remind them, they hate you for it — they feel like you're trying to steal their most precious possession.” - Jim Morrison
Yes, THAT Jim Morrison. Funny how a deceased pop icon can more eloquently express the very concept I think about on a regular basis than I can these days. I want to thank my friends for accepting me as I am, for allowing me to ditch my own pretense and be myself. It’s not always easy; especially when you’re faced with vulnerability and full exposure once the mask has been removed. We all play roles – to uphold carefully crafted social constructs; sister, daughter, friend, colleague, lover, acquaintance, mentor, student. But it’s good to feel deeply, to express deeply and to never lose sight of yourself as you pass from one role to another.
This isn’t my finest hour; being true to yourself sometimes means saying all the wrong things to the right people. Hopeful, but comforted in the relief and resolution in the wake of your honesty. With luck, I will find myself looking up into the face of something beautiful as I rely on routine and respite to keep me company.
“And you say look up look up look all around you
Can't you see the love that surrounds the very soul of you
Something in me almost breaks but I wait” – Tracy Bonham
Yes, THAT Jim Morrison. Funny how a deceased pop icon can more eloquently express the very concept I think about on a regular basis than I can these days. I want to thank my friends for accepting me as I am, for allowing me to ditch my own pretense and be myself. It’s not always easy; especially when you’re faced with vulnerability and full exposure once the mask has been removed. We all play roles – to uphold carefully crafted social constructs; sister, daughter, friend, colleague, lover, acquaintance, mentor, student. But it’s good to feel deeply, to express deeply and to never lose sight of yourself as you pass from one role to another.
This isn’t my finest hour; being true to yourself sometimes means saying all the wrong things to the right people. Hopeful, but comforted in the relief and resolution in the wake of your honesty. With luck, I will find myself looking up into the face of something beautiful as I rely on routine and respite to keep me company.
“And you say look up look up look all around you
Can't you see the love that surrounds the very soul of you
Something in me almost breaks but I wait” – Tracy Bonham
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