LIFE - COLORES INFINITUM (47)
Be wary of the masks people
wear.
You cannot sift from the lot, you
cannot segregate them, to have a secluded life to keep your soul away from
these masks.
At the same time, you cannot
allow them to exploit you, to humiliate your soul.
So, be cautious of people who
wear masks.
It is true, sometimes, you know
you are being exploited yet you continue to be honest, to be good to, to be in
relation with the person exploiting you.
No harm in doing so as long as
you see it supporting the cause of you being ‘you’, as long as you feel good
about assimilating the pain it gives.
It is true you need to trust
certain people as you move with time building your life, as you socialize. You
need to remain honest while you build relations because that is a must, an
imperative, for you to remain honest to ‘you’, to your soul, to your identity,
to your existence.
But you must be vigilant enough,
careful enough to realize where and when to draw the line, when to restrict the
flow.
Yes, it is better to be an
emotional fool than to be a practical opportunist.
But, be practical enough to
realize the parasitic masks around you.
Socialize, build relations, but
maintain a safe distance from the masks. Don’t act the way they act to get over
them but don’t let them play with your emotive quotient either.
If you have been exploited by the
mask(s) and they are still trying to play with you, it should be the warning
message to read the writing on the wall.
Be sociable. Be amicable. But be
heedful.
Yes, be an emotional fool when it
comes to the purity of emotions, when it comes to the sanctity of you soul,
when it comes to the authority of your thoughts, when it comes to honesty and
commitment.
But don’t be a fool.
Yes, don’t be a practical
opportunist but act practical when you see your ‘be good’ motivation is leading
to excessive stress, is giving you pain beyond assimilation.
Be wary enough of the masks to be
able to read when it is the time.
Act emotionally fool to give relations that extra mile to
save them in turbulent times, but be practical enough to read it when your
emotional attachment and your emotive quotient become tools for the masks to use
you, to take you for granted.