Do you remember the first time you looked in a mirror at yourself ? Probably not, but try to think as far back as you can. How about the first time you heard your voice on a recording? It was not at all like what you had envisioned in your mind, was it?
No matter what you saw or heard, almost always it wasn't as good as you thought or like to think.
Now think about yourself and your life back then. The friends you had, the places you would hang out, everything you can remember. It holds some homesick feelings for me so things were not all that bad in spite of what things may have happened here and there when I thought the world was gonna end.
Fast forward five or ten years and do it again. Maybe it was your first job, your friends are all different, except for a couple maybe. Think about yourself. Your hair is different, you have grown up some so you look different. You have a different way of thinking. But in the mirror, it's still not showing what's in your mind about yourself. Your even more critical now because of the handsome boy or hot chick you come across every now and then.
How about now, how do you see yourself now? Maybe a little younger looking than what the mirror shows? A little older, prettier, taller, thinner. We get all that from everything that's put in front of us now days. The way we should look or act or many other things.
Now wipe it all away. Everything you have done, all your memories, everything you've learned, friends, and now, everyone you've loved.
How much do those memories of your life mean to you? What would you go through to have your loved ones back? Anything, right?
So it really doesn't matter what was in your mind about how you should or wished you looked like. The things you saw others have that you so wished for does not seem to hold much value now that you put them up against the very things that made you, You. Now, Can you realize how much you like seeing yourself in the mirror? Before you love another person, make sure you love yourself first. And now that you can see all that its takes to make You, don't let anyone tell you any different.
Id love to hear from you and tell me of some of the things that it took to make you what you ARE TODAY.
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