written 4.24.2021

Walk by. Glance. Check for flaws.

Carry-on.

Who did you see?

Go back. Focus. Admire. Frown.

Some things we learn to live with, learn to love or try to change

Adjust our presentation for acceptance but what about the rest?

There’s so much more to address.

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We associate mirrors with vanity but I dare us to take them for what they are… and dive deeper.

Mirrors are reflective. We spend plenty of time in them and still don’t truly know the person on the other side. It’s all been surface level. Mirrors call us to reflect. Can you really sit with yourself and be alone? Do you begin to feel uncomfortable with certain thoughts? It seems like we’d rather run from who we are rather than sit, reveal and understand. Heal. Confronting the “ugly“ or less desirable traits only seems to be worth it when it’s cosmetic.

Blemish and dark circles? Concealer. Rough hairline? Shape up. Unruly brows? Threading or wax. Guilt?… Resentment? Fear… Jealousy… Anxiety? No. It will take more than 30 minutes to adjust those.

But we must. We have to start. We have to spend time with ourselves and name that thing – name that feeling. Find undertones and triggers. Learn the dark side, whether it’s for self-knowledge or to shed light and overcome the shadows. We owe it to ourselves to hold a mirror to the soul and reflect.

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