Manikanta Belde
3 min readJan 19, 2020

Why you need to stop wearing masks?

“It’s sad to say we all wear masks all the time and we aren’t real anymore and that’s why we have a lot of confusion than clarity.”

I know it’s hard to be real in the modern world. But being real makes you happy and successful.

This is a learnt habit, from society and it’s not your fault. Look at you, when you are a child. You don’t know about any mask. You are a kid and you did what you want to. You laughed heartily. You cried heartily. You made friendship without expecting. You loved unconditionally. You spoke, whatever you want to speak.

But what happened, when you grew up?

Even I asked myself this question several times. My childhood was happy, and I didn’t worry about anything. The important thing is I was real and I didn’t care about anything and anyone’s judgement.

I didn’t know that I have to worry about future. I didn’t know that I have to care everyone’s judgement. I didn’t know that I have to act more and live less. The more I became unreal, the more I suffered and lost myself.

Then I realised that the only way to find myself and become real again is to stop wearing masks and be myself again.

We all wear different masks and it’s based in situations we are in. This makes us act in the most of the situations than living and enjoying them.

Some masks we wear are:

  • Family mask: Many of you are different at home than what you are, actually. You try to be good to them and you laugh with them hiding many problems in you. You want to make them happy and it’s alright but if they can understand you and help you out. Then share your problems and worries with them. They are the only close relations; you have. Be what you are. Stop acting before them.
  • Work mask: At work, you are again a different person. You try to be as good as possible so that people think you are so good but that don’t work. How much you may be good, different people understand you differently. By wearing this mask you are losing yourself respect and accepting everything.
  • Society mask: In the society, you are a different person again. You act on some terms and conditions using this mask. You hide your real character and speak to people and act accordingly. By wearing this mask you care other's judgement who don’t even care and who are mostly strangers.
  • Party mask: If you go to any party or event. You become a different person again. Even your basic habits that include eating, drinking or talking changes completely in front of others.
  • And there are many more masks you wear and you know them more well than me.

Have you ever realised the harm you are doing to yourself by wearing these masks. You will regret your life in the last days of your life for not living as you.

You need to use your freedom and be responsible. But you need not act. You need not impress anyone.

“You need to impress only one person in your life. That’s thyself.”

So stop trying impressing. If you do so, soon all the masks you have been wearing gets destroyed automatically.

“Stop wasting your life for others who you even don’t know.”

Live for your own people. Do always good to others and it will return and you need not act before anyone. It’s your life and live it to the fullest.

“Be good to people without losing yourself and that helps you become good to thyself.”

The ways to destroy the masks you are wearing are:

  • Stop caring judgement.
  • Stop impressing.
  • Stop overthinking.
  • Stop worrying.

It’s difficult to unlearn this habit of wearing masks as many are following this system. But many are unhappy deep inside by following this. So you become free from this sadness first and then help such people change. This is how you change for good.

Happy living.😇🔥

Manikanta Belde
Manikanta Belde

Written by Manikanta Belde

📚 Author: Wrote and published 10+ books 🔥Entrepreneur: Established several online and offline businesses 👨‍💻Life coach: Helped people get better.

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