Transparency

Not so long ago, a friend told me that I am a transparent person. This means that my gesture, or expression is immediately shown in my reactions. I cannot hide my feelings. If I feel elated, expect me to become really happy to the point of...smiling most of the time. The aura of happiness is immediately seen. Or if I feel sad, gloomy or negative, expect a dark cloud over my head. You can see from my face that gloomy expression, you can see that a lot of things has been bothering me.

In a way, this attitude has its upsides and downsides. For one, transparency presents genuiness, no matter how good or bad one's expression is. People appreciate true reaction at the onset. On the other hand, transparency, on the part of the person who has this attitude can try very hard for others not to see this expression. They may want to try to hide it, to prevent over reaction. However, at times a transparent person wants to hide the expression, what comes out is a blank, stoic expression. You end up being poker-faced.

In the end, the more one tries to hide the transparency, all the more is it shown.