The OTHER Mask

There has been so much talk lately about masks and the impact they have on our ability to connect fully with one another.

It’s ironic.

The masks that actually keep us apart are the ones we’ve been wearing for decades.

• We wear them to defend ourselves from judgment, and in doing so become judgmental.

• We wear them to hide our weird, icky bits, and as a result we don’t feel seen.

• We wear them to appear as the person we think you expect us to be. And this, by default, creates our expectation of who we think you should be.

What if this holiday season we try to see others as we ourselves would love to be seen – as loving, fearful, weird, brilliant, wholly vulnerable creatures trapped behind masks of our own making?

What if you left your mask at the door?

Happy holidays and Big BIG Love -

Wendy & Dana