The Real Me...

A wise woman gave me a book to read and ponder.  In that book it says this:

“What if you unmask your emotions and can’t control them? What if you tell your secrets and are rejected? What if someone glimpses the real you under the mask of perfection and finds a flawed human being?”

                        {BUT}

“What if you unmask your emotions and actually deal with them? What if you tell your secrets and they no longer suffocate you in the hidden places of your heart? What if you live in authenticity and discover new and lasting relationships (even with those in your own home)? What if you face your fears and overcome them? What if along the way you discover who you are and what you can do?”

The Real Me  (http://youtu.be/u3kr9eqxwCo)

Foolish heart… looks like we’re here again,

Same old game of plastic smile - don’t let anybody in.

Hiding my heartache- will this glass house break???

How much will they take before I’m empty?

Do I let it show – does anybody know?

But you [Jesus], see the REAL me!

Hiding in my skin, broken from within,

Unveil me… completely…I’m loosening my grasp.

There’s no need to mask MY FRAILTY

Cause you see the REAL me.

Painted on, life is behind a mask…. Self-inflicted circus clown

I’m tired of the song and dance – living a charade, always on parade

What a mess I’ve made of my existence

But you love me even NOW and still I see somehow

That you see the REAL me!

Hiding in my skin, broken from within,

Unveil me… completely…I’m loosening my grasp.

There’s no need to mask MY FRAILTY

Cause you see the REAL me.

Wonderful, beautiful is what YOU see when you look at me

You’re turning the TATTERED FABRIC of my life into

A PERFECT TAPESTRY…….

I just wanna be me…. I wanna be me….

But you see the REAL me

Hiding in my skin, broken from within,

Unveil me… COMPLETELY…I’m loosening my grasp.

There’s no need to mask MY FRAILTY

Cause you see the REAL me,

Yes, the real ME…..

And you LOVE ME just as I am………..

(Lyrics by Natalie Grant)