Wouldn't it be nice

Don't you think it would be awesome if everyone just dropped their facades and fessed up to

who they really are? Well I do, it would also be nice if there wasn't any beating around the

bush. If you've known me for any length of time you probably know that I'm a bit blunt but

hey at least I'll tell you how it is right? This came to mind because of a conversation about

how people can seem fake. Have you ever been around someone who will be one way with

one group of people but then they become a completely different person when they're with

another group? Well I've known people like that and it really gets on my nerves, but when I

stop to think about it don't we all do that to some extent? From what I've seen most people

are far different with their parents than they are with their friends. Have you ever stopped

and wondered why this is? If not maybe you should even if its just for a self evaluation so see

if you might be one of the people who does this. What is the point of hiding behind a false

you, or could the false you be the true you? If you have a problem with being two or more

different people with different friends ask yourself why. Is it so that you can impress a certain

person that you are with or is it just due to the influences that other people have on you when

you are with them? The constant need to 'fit in' to feel loved is a sad truth of our society

these days, we must conform to fit into the container that society puts us in or we might risk

social rejection. But where should we draw the line? Since people who don't conform in any

way or at least try to broaden their scope of existence can sometimes become serial killers,

extreme sociopaths, child rapists, or maybe just the kid at school who decides that since

nobody will accept them they should just kill all of the people that don't accept them,

somewhat like the killers at columbine. In some of those cases our society's nonchalance

about rejecting these people may have made them into the socially inept people that makes

them stick out in our minds as evil or psychotic. When all someone has known is social

torment from classmates and parents and teachers their whole life how are they supposed

to find a way to cope? Instead of finding productive things to occupy their time they might

instead get thoughts of revenge towards the people who make them feel unloved or rejected

the most. This makes me wonder whether or not a good Christian friend or two could have

made all the difference in their lives by showing them Christs love and compassion but not

just from a Christian mask that they wear but from the 'real' person that loves Jesus.

Wouldn't it be nice if we could do our best to love God through loving people like these

who are hurting the most? Even an enemy could become a friend, if all you ever show

towards them is love how could they turn any animosity in your direction? Eventually they

might start reciprocating the kindness that you've shown them and start helping people who

were/are just like them. This kind of reminds me of the movie pay it forward, if you

help...what is it like 3 people and then those 3 help 3 and so on and so on then the world

would definitely be a better place. But doing something that could change someones life is

difficult to do all at once. Wouldn't it be better to show people the love of Christ from the

start? Then they would be more likely to stay away from that downward spiral that would

bring about the destruction of their souls. So don't put on a mask when you walk out the

door, be your one true self and use that self to show Gods love to everyone you come in

contact with so that we might help to cure this social distortion that stains our world.


I think I may have rambled a bit to much but I hope you could get something out of this.

Sincerely, The Red Headed Step Child