But it is true that they so seldom smile that when they do we do not recognize their face, so distorted is it from the fixed mask we take for granted.

The beginning of love is to let those we love just be themselves and not twist them with our own image.Otherwise, we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

But it is true that they smile so seldom that when they do, they don’t recognize their face. So distorted it is from the fixed mask they take for granted.

This is called an objective perspective - one that is not skewed or distorted by what you are afraid is going to happen or not happen.

Some of what you have seen and heard is true; some of it is probably distorted or just plain fiction.