{"id":3109,"date":"2015-06-01T12:10:30","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T16:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/?p=3109"},"modified":"2015-06-01T12:10:30","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T16:10:30","slug":"the-art-of-disguise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/?p=3109","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Disguise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes I think life is one big <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/?p=1373\">masquerade<\/a>. Everyone is playing a different character and acting out their prospective roles. Some have mastered the art of disguise better than others.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3111\" style=\"width: 523px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/?attachment_id=3111\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3111\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3111\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-3111\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2248084559_1d5656572c_z-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2248084559_1d5656572c_z-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2248084559_1d5656572c_z-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.ordinaryservant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2248084559_1d5656572c_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of Creative Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Some\u00a0people are good at\u00a0projecting an image, by dressing\u00a0a certain way, splashing on cologne, wearing\u00a0designer sun glasses, and driving nice cars.<\/p>\n<p>They look successful on the outside; flashing their pearly whites evidenced by\u00a0their barrage of selfies on social media.<\/p>\n<p>However, nothing can disguise a tormented soul, a troubled mind, a broken heart, or the scars of an abusive past. The perpetual pain they live with day after day, hoping, longing and praying for it to go away.<\/p>\n<p>They don&#8217;t want their secret being known. So they disguise their pain and shame for fear of being found out. They want to maintain their image by appearing to have it all together.<\/p>\n<p>Those preserving\u00a0their image, are the ones that are the loneliest and most\u00a0isolated and disconnected because they avoid, hide, mask and disguise their pain, instead of facing it.<\/p>\n<p>If they would risk being vulnerable, they would be surprised to see they are not alone, and that many walking around are in the same predicament.<\/p>\n<p>Life has a way of bringing us to a point where the truth reveals itself, no matter how much you try to hide behind make up, jewelry, clothes or perfume.<\/p>\n<p>You can only hide for so long, before the stench\u00a0of what is shattered and broken inside manifests. It&#8217;s best to address it and heal from that\u00a0which\u00a0is provoking you to\u00a0adopt the\u00a0art of disguise before it wreaks havoc upon your life.<\/p>\n<p>Are you hiding behind a mask, or an image you want to portray to everyone around you? Are you playing a role, but hurting inside? Let&#8217;s talk about it in the comment section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes I think life is one big masquerade. Everyone is playing a different character and acting out their prospective roles. Some have mastered the art of disguise better than others. Some\u00a0people are good at\u00a0projecting an image, by dressing\u00a0a certain way, splashing on cologne, wearing\u00a0designer sun glasses, and driving nice cars. 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