I sat down at my make up vanity one morning and assessed the job ahead of me. As I leaned in for a closer look, something caught my eye. Not the new zit that popped up overnight, but this fortune - "The best mirror is often a good friend." My mirror is lined with fortunes that I've collected over the years. For some reason, this one stood out that day. I read the fortune, and looked back at my reflection. Me, my mirror, and this fortune.
I thought about my closest friends. The best gals and guys I know. Good hearts, hard working, funny, kind, honest, and always, whether they know it or not, pushing me to be a better version of myself.
Then I thought, I needed to start working on my face because the clock is ticking. These eyebrows aren't going to pluck themselves.
As I sat there, plucking my brows, concealing the bags under my eyes, and powdering my face, I hopped from thinking about my friends - those people that bring out the best parts of me, that I've spent years and months getting to know, that I look up to, and look to for advice - to how it seems to be rare that we take time to get to know ourselves. To look in the mirror and know everything about the person looking back at us. Appreciating the good, identifying the bad, and learning from it.
Many people depend on others for their identity. Flip flopping their opinions, style, and even beliefs depending on who they're closest to. It's an easy way to live life. We don't have to look at ourselves in the mirror, we just look at those around us and do what they do. Wear what they wear. That doesn't sound very fun, does it?
A counselor told me on time to write down a list of things I liked about myself. I haven't done that yet because I haven't found a notebook large enough to hold my list. But really, I think that's a healthy exercise. What do we like about ourselves? Please, though, don't share this list on Facebook. That defeats the purpose of everything, and an angel will probably lose its wings or something like that.
You are your best good friend. Take time to know who you really are. Life will be more fulfilling, not only for yourself, but for those around you. Don't squash the greatness in you, by trying to mirror the greatness in someone else.
I thought about my closest friends. The best gals and guys I know. Good hearts, hard working, funny, kind, honest, and always, whether they know it or not, pushing me to be a better version of myself.
Then I thought, I needed to start working on my face because the clock is ticking. These eyebrows aren't going to pluck themselves.
As I sat there, plucking my brows, concealing the bags under my eyes, and powdering my face, I hopped from thinking about my friends - those people that bring out the best parts of me, that I've spent years and months getting to know, that I look up to, and look to for advice - to how it seems to be rare that we take time to get to know ourselves. To look in the mirror and know everything about the person looking back at us. Appreciating the good, identifying the bad, and learning from it.
Many people depend on others for their identity. Flip flopping their opinions, style, and even beliefs depending on who they're closest to. It's an easy way to live life. We don't have to look at ourselves in the mirror, we just look at those around us and do what they do. Wear what they wear. That doesn't sound very fun, does it?
A counselor told me on time to write down a list of things I liked about myself. I haven't done that yet because I haven't found a notebook large enough to hold my list. But really, I think that's a healthy exercise. What do we like about ourselves? Please, though, don't share this list on Facebook. That defeats the purpose of everything, and an angel will probably lose its wings or something like that.
You are your best good friend. Take time to know who you really are. Life will be more fulfilling, not only for yourself, but for those around you. Don't squash the greatness in you, by trying to mirror the greatness in someone else.
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