Masks.

I see people complaining about others wearing masks and pretending all the time but what they fail to realise is that it's the world itself which forces everyone to wear that mask. Honesty isn't a sweet pill to swallow and it goes hand in hand with acceptance. One can't exist without other. But in here, being yourself completely and putting out raw, beautiful self which you truly are, is like going out in a blazing sun at peak of July. It's a constant battle of restraining yourself from breaking down, and melting in the face of a force that wants to either tone you down into its own pattern or crush you altogether. It brings you to a point where you're mocked, bullied and antagonized by same people who claim not to want a masked face. So, pretending is a survival strategy, a desperate attempt to escape those hostile circumstances, and it's justifiable because there is nothing wrong with craving for acceptance. And If people want others to be honest, they themselves need big hearts too, open enough to accept that darkness hidden inside each of us.