Taking off The Mask

One of the fun things about being a life coach is the opportunity to write for different mediums such as magazines, e-zines, newsletters, blogs and print, of course. StoryHarvest recently published one of my articles titled "Taking Off the Mask." It's a depiction of a man who chose to hide behind many masks while sabotaging his first marriage, and separating himself from God. Until he hit rock bottom. That was his introduction to grace and a life since transformed. How do I now this man so well? It was me. Here's how it starts:

I remember my dating years as a twentysomething. It was a time when the motto "image is everything" dictated my actions. I had a well inflated opinion of myself, a feeling that came from a false identity filled with self-indulgence on material things and social status—expensive clothes, convertible sports cars, and a manipulative charm used to attract women to like and want me. This air of arrogance fueled an ego with a standard for getting what I wanted, who I wanted. I flaunted the Southern California image until I hit 30 and began a professional career in corporate America. And all along, I had one foot in the door of the church.

Then I met Lizette.*

Six months after meeting Lizette on the dance floor of a ballroom in a glitzy downtown L.A. hotel, I slipped a 1 carat diamond on a solitaire setting around her ring finger. What ensued was the beginning of a rollercoaster ride straight out of a Stephen King horror novel.

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