Masks

So tell me, do you ever wear a mask? Before you say no, think about it. I know I do.
Why do we feel the need to wear masks? Well, you may put one on when you go to school to get away from all the crap going on at home, or maybe you're scared to trust anyone with what's really going on in your life, so you find it easier to just put a smile on and go about your life as if nothing's wrong, all the while on the inside it feels as if your life is crumbling to pieces. I encourage you to take a step and let people in, tell someone what's going on instead of pushing it all down on the inside of you. This is something that I'm still learning to do. When something would happen in my life I found it a lot easier to go to school and pretend like nothing was wrong, I continued to do this day after day. The only problem with that is you'll find yourself breaking down because you can't hold it in any longer. People get so good at hiding their problems that no one can ever tell that you even have a problem.
Why am i saying all this? To help you to see that wearing masks is not a good thing! People don't always put on masks to hide something big, sometimes they're just hiding little things. Instead of seeing someone in the hallway and saying, "Hey how's it going", and responding, "good." take time to genuinely ask people how there doing and genuinely respond when people ask you. Now I'm not saying to go spill your guts to everybody you see, but make sure that you have at least one or two close friends that you can be real with. Tell them when something is going wrong, or when something happens at home, etc. Have people that you can be real with about everything. The most important one to be completely real with is God. He knows exactly what you are going through, no matter what the situation is and He won't ever leave you! He's a really great listener and longs for you to spend time with Him.
"Now that we know what we have-Jesus, this great High Priest with ready access to God-let's not let it slip through our fingers. We don't have a priest who is out of touch with our reality. He's been through weakness and testing, experienced it all- all but the sin. So let's walk right up to him and get what he is so ready to give. Take the mercy, accept the help."  Hebrews 4:14-16 msg

Take off the mask! Get rid of the fear of what people are going to think & just be real with people & most of all with yourself  & God.