We all feel a little vulnerable from time to time. There are many ways in which we seek to protect ourselves. Often, we take some comfort from feeling as if we have a mask to hide behind. We may attempt to alter our appearance with clothes and cosmetics or we may broadcast our attitudes and opinions, so loudly, that others simply can't see beyond these to the person we truly are at heart. Look,  to see if a conflict is being exacerbated by a sense of mistaken identity? There is scope for much healing. 
Every so often, 'New Age healers' who describe themselves as 'light workers',there is  just a little suspicious. If light workers exist, presumably, there must be 'dark workers' too. What do such people call themselves? Wouldn't a dark worker be tempted to disguise themselves as a light worker? And how can even the most sincere light worker be sure that all their deeds and thoughts are genuinely full of light? Be wary,of the possibility of doing the most harm in the very process of striving to do the most good.
Neither you nor I think of ourselves as 'perfect in every way'. Yet sometimes, we can be weak at recognising our own weaknesses! Though we see some only too clearly, there are others that entirely elude us. We may even perceive them as strengths. If someone suggests as much, try to postpone taking offence - at least long enough to first stop and consider whether they may have a point! An effort to understand better how someone else sees you, could yet result in a more rewarding relationship. 
Our hero, or heroine, is strapped to the conveyor belt, trundling towards an enormous circular saw. How can they escape? Usually, at moments like this, the TV company switches to a commercial break or a voice-over says, 'Don't miss next week's episode.' All that kind of thing is well and good when we are watching someone else's drama unfold but it is a little less easy to accept when we feel very much as if we are the person approaching that saw, you will see the real possibility of a great escape. Like an idiom  'There is no smoke without fire?' Haven't they ever heard of electronic cigarettes? These use a battery to vaporise tiny droplets of nicotine and the resulting steam looks an awful lot like smoke. And what about dry ice machines? There is no fire in them but they produce great clouds of apparent fulginosity. Whilst the very sight of something that looks like smoke is sufficient to cause alarm, it can hardly be fair to automatically assume the cause. Success involves going beyond a prejudice.