The Mirror
When we look into a mirror it reflects our image through light. It only shows us the surface of the object it is reflecting. When we turn a mirror around, we see a dark side to support the reflective side. So, you are probably saying what does this science lesson have to do with finding my way? Take another look into the mirror and what do you see in that reflective side. Are you good with who you see? Most of us will go into pointing out our flaws. Why do we see the flaws and not the wonderful person inside? We are only seeing the surface. The light refracted side of what is sending out to the mirror and what comes back. Somewhere in between the light toward the mirror and the reflection our internal voices kick in. The voices of our past, other people and our influencers emphasizing our flaws. So, we distort the image that is reflected in our minds. If we turn the mirror around, we see nothing but, a black backing. The backing is a blank slate for you to create you. It takes away the influencers voices to free us to envision our true wonderful self. The back side has no voices or parameters of who you are supposed to be. The reflective side can be warped like a funhouse mirror to distort who we are. You are the imperfect perfection you are supposed to be, and you need to use the backing just like how it supports the reflective side to see the real you. Not be afraid to go beyond the surface reflections and go into the beautiful person you are inside and out. Embracing this person is hard because of what we are told and buy into but, those are the outside voices warping our perception of us. Let us take a look how we can change what you see in the mirror to the picture of your beautiful imperfect self. First let us turn the mirror around, then let us look beyond the surface on the reflective side, and then when we are one with who we are, celebrate it to the world. Hopefully you will see that the voices are just that and you can control the image you see. You are the imperfect perfection you are supposed to be. When you can embrace that you will see you can create your wonderful world free of stigmas and perceptions.
Turn your mirror around. That dark beautiful side is free of the internal perceptions we put on ourselves. Free of the voices of “You’re Not Good Enough”, “You Do Not Look Like You are Supposed to”, and “You are Flawed”. The reality is that you are worthy, you look like you, and you are perfection. Without the backing the mirror cannot reflect properly. The backing is the true reflection of who you are supposed to be. You cannot hear the negative voices when you are not reflecting. You can create you and see you are exactly who you are. It is ok to be you! On the back side you do not need to be a certain way, act a certain way or believe a certain way. It takes challenging the negative voices when they appear in your head. Do not attach yourself to others’ perceptions. Their mirrors are distorted from their influencers, and they feel like they need to pass down the perceptions to validate their warped views. They are not trying to be mean; it is all they were taught, and the influencers voices are strong in their heads. You do not have to conform to these voices unless you want to. Break the perpetuating cycle of negative perceptions of thought. Look deep into the back of the mirror and see you. The you that you are supposed to be without the negative perceptions.
Now that you can see what has caused your reflection to be distorted on the back side, by giving you a chance to look internally. Let’s turn the mirror around. Remember without the backing the mirror cannot reflect properly. So, now that your backing image has changed you can truly see the real reflection. The light that is causing the reflection is not influenced. It shows you. The you that you are supposed to be. Do not take this chance to look for flaws. If you, do you will get sucked right back into the negative and your reflection will become distorted. I challenge you to take 10min to point out all the beautiful things outwardly and internally that you embody. You are worthy, good, smart, brave, loved, and beautiful. Watch the reflection change. The backing glows and the glass is smooth reflecting a perfect light of your imperfect self. What a wonderful site to behold. When you feel the voices of society, your parents, your spouse, you friends tell you their idea of perfection, you can let it go and know that is just their own influencers perceptions. Your mirror is not warped by these perceptions and the reflection is clean. You know you are who you are supposed to be, and your path is to be exactly that. The way to happiness in being happy internal so the world can see your glow.
Embrace you and celebrate who you are. The world wants you to be you so share it. Even if people do not understand. The reality is that their voices of negativity are so strong that they cannot overcome them. People tell stories in their heads of things they cannot understand. They do this to fill in the unknown. So, when you are happy with you and they challenge it, they do so to fill in their unknown of who they really are. The work you are doing for you will only blossom into your true path. You will find it better when you can understand yourself better. By embracing the imperfect perfection that stands in front of you. The circle you knew who said you had to be a certain way, break free. Your imperfect circle is out there and maybe you will see they have been waiting for you.
You are supported by a strong backing with no influences and the refection you see is free of perceptive flaws. You are imperfect and perfection is determined by you, not others. So, when you see your own perfection with your own clear lenes, you will see that you are supposed to be this person. Perfection is not determined by others because they have been influenced to see it a certain way. There are no certain ways. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder but, do we actually embrace that? We need to because the beholder knows the story of themselves, not others. You know the scar on the lip was riding a sled down a hill with your mom. The scar is a memory of happiness not of imperfection. Embrace the wonderful story and all the imperfections. The mirror is a story that you create. The smooth reflective side refract light back to the object. Let your light shine by being you without the warped voices of perceived perfection distorting what you see. You are who you are supposed to be in this moment in time and the mirror can reflect that true image if you let it.