Faking your way through life is believing that if you let people know the real you, they won't like you. Maybe it seems that nothing you ever do is ever enough. The tapes that play in your head say that if people really knew what was going on inside you, they would lose respect for you. Maybe you keep trying to pretend to make others happy, including God, & you are exhausted, physically & emotionally. While you play those roles, juggling those masks you have to wear & hiding your pain ... the pressure increases to keep pretending you have it all together. Consider the cost of our souls when we do this, the loss of ourselves ... I knew I would never discover my authentic self unless I began identifying & laying down my masks, & so I have begun a process of stripping down the defenses that I have built up over the years❤️ *positive affirmation exercise suggested by my shrink. The goal is to fill the mirror with positive “words” that best describe me, however, I have to feel & know that I am each word before putting it on the mirror. #workingonme #insideworkisthehardest #findingme #owningmyshit #puttingthebestmeforward