Send in the Clowns

Behind the mask of a clown lives a person who sometimes chooses to forsake their own happiness in order to make others happy.

Clowns will spend their days behaving like, what others will refer to as "total idiots", yet be the most brilliant of minds.  It takes great courage to make a "fool" of one's self when you know that you are alive to what is going on around you.  Sometimes we need some crazy people in our lives to remind us that we are not alone when we do feel a bit out of it.  It is said that it is crazy people who think they can change the world and who actually do. Clowns have the ability to do just that.  They make us laugh when we feel down and help us forget all the troubles that cloud our daily lives.

 There have been many times I have been referred to as a clown. Even though I do not wear a painted mask or have a red nose and wear funny clothes (or perhaps I do wear funny clothes), I have discovered that I do wear a mask.  I hide my fears and tears behind the laughter mask. I try to see the funny side of a bad situation, just so I don't have to deal with it. Sometimes I wonder if it is the right thing to do.  But then I remind myself that life is just too serious to be taken seriously. 

 My world is a huge stage, and everyday I show up to put on a sold out performance, whether I wear a mask or not.

 Are you wearing a mask? If so, describe it.

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