Becoming Aware of the Masks We Wear
Insights from One of the World’s Greatest Psychologists, Rollo May
“Children and crazy people tell the truth, and unfortunately, children soon learn not to.” — Rollo May, Author and Psychologist
The Age of Innocence
Remember when you were a kid and said or did things that held severe consequences?
I’ll never forget the day I lied to my mother about jacking $6 from her purse when she wasn’t looking.
I was six years old, and I wanted to buy my friends squirt guns at the local drug store.
Innocent enough, right?
Not.
In the 1960s, store owners knew virtually everyone who shopped with them. In my family’s case, we lived in Waban, Massachusetts, next to Newton.
It was a small town. Everyone pretty much knew about each other.
Because of that, the drugstore owner ratted me out to my mother. When she asked me if I had taken money from her purse, I had no idea she had talked with the drugstore owner.
Naturally, I lied because I was terrified of the consequences. Even more naturally, my mother knew…
