#75 - True Colors

It's funny how when given enough time people show their true colors regardless of how they try to hide them.

As said in songs and poems, we all wear masks to hide our true selves.  For whatever reason, we don't want the world to see.  Whether it be to hide the truth or shield ourselves from those who would wish us harm, we hide.  It can also be a product of our past like a wall built to protect from the pain people inflict on each other or it can be to weasle in and do harm. 

Recently I was shown the man behind the mask worn by someone who claimed to love me.  It is ironic how quickly that four letter word, love, is shattered into a million pieces by other words and actions. Civility flew out the window with this man's last words to my son who was trying to defend his mom.  True colors shown brightly at that moment.

Now, quite positive that I made the right decision to remove him from my world, life continues.  As I have come to find there is almost always a silver lining to every cloud.  Yesterday's events, while they angered me at the time, have actually helped me in that I will never look back and wonder what if because I have been given the answer.  This was a gift, disguised in meaness but I will look at it as a gift none the less.

Lesson learned:  Always listen to your gut.  It sees what your eyes cannot.