"Faces" by G.

And no, I'm not talking about your face... your physical one anyway. I'm talking about our different "mental" faces. You could say that everyone has a bit of a split personality. Do you act exactly the same when you are out in public then when your just by yourself? Most probably you don't. Because we seem to put up a different face at different times. But why do we do this? Why can't we just show our "true" face all the time? Obviously there are a lot of reasons. Sometimes society expects certain things from people, things that many people don't have. Maybe we are supposed to act a certain way, or dislike a certain thing, or look a certain way. In the people's rush to fit in; to not stand out like a sore thumb, we knowingly or unknowingly create a facade that we show to others. Having other "faces" can be dangerous, because if you aren't careful you might lose your true face, who you really are, to the face that we all parade around outside. I think everything can be useful in some way; so can your "mental" faces. But only if you have them for the right reasons. People really should be themselves, or try to be. I just think its sad that our society almost "requires" us to have another face to show to other people. Seriously though, lets just ditch the extra faces. I think your true self is probably a heck of a lot more interesting.