Masquerade

Lately I have been listening to the [Original Cast Recording] of The Phantom of the Opera.
Wonder piece of music, I highly recommend it! Anyway, As I listen to it, I find that in some ways I can identify with certain characters. Or at least certain personality aspects to different characters.

The Phantom: On the basic level the mask is used to hide a facial deformity. The Phantom has in mind and heart that because of his face others will think of him as a cast-out. A monster. A ghost. Because of this mindset, he has chosen to use his deformed face as tool to get what he wants. To frighten people. He wants Christine. Though, in the end, he realizes that that dream can never really come true. All he ever really wanted was to feel loved.

Often I feel like I have to hide my true feelings behind a masquerade of silence. A masquerade of silence. Fearing that no one will care. In some way almost wanting to be secluded to myself; thinking that if I step into my lonely corner everything will just be okay. It's when the feelings stay bottled up that they begin to eat you up. They change the way act. The way you react. They change who you are.

My advice to you: Pray. Don't keep it in and all to yourself. You will end up hurting not only yourself, but the ones who love you the most. God's love never fails.