COVID-19 Mask: False confidence or my worst enemy:

Coronavirus has killed millions and destroyed lives. So why I am secretly hoping that we keep the masks on our faces? If I know the damages of what it does then why hope? (1/n)

Because it gives me this newfound confidence that I gained and only noticed now. The mask covers my insecurities that I never noticed. Small children smile instead of looking away. I get smiles instead of raised eyebrows and looks. (2/n)

I see what ignorance looks like on the other side of not always being being on the defensive or being alert about whose looking or talking about me. I walk with no shadows of assumptions around me and it’s easy to live in a world where I’m not being stared at. (3/n)

But I know it will come to end and my question is will my newfound confidence be false or will it stick? I guess time will tell. Right? (4/n)

I’m a generally confident person but there are moments where I have a doubt or pause thought and this mask has been a moment for me. I’m use to having all eyes on me and being okay with it but this mask has shielded the stares and made me reflect on what If or what could be. (5/5