Mirrors
Do you really look at yourself in the mirror? I have spent most of my life just looking to see if my hair was standing up strange or to pop a zit. I never really looked in a mirror. With all sincerity, I never made a conscious thought that my eyes are green not brown. I never really looked at myself. I spent so much time thinking that I was ugly and what was the point? I didn't want to see me.
As I got older, I looked and saw me. I saw the beautiful green eyes. When I cry they are pretty. Okay, I know that because I am trying to put in contacts. I have a lovely mouth and full lips. Did I sound conceited yet? I remind myself of these things because I tend to forget them when I look in the mirror. I see the bad skin and the big nose. I am getting so much better at looking in the mirror and seeing the beauty. It only took thirty-three years to do that. I look in the mirror and see beauty. I see me.
As I got older, I looked and saw me. I saw the beautiful green eyes. When I cry they are pretty. Okay, I know that because I am trying to put in contacts. I have a lovely mouth and full lips. Did I sound conceited yet? I remind myself of these things because I tend to forget them when I look in the mirror. I see the bad skin and the big nose. I am getting so much better at looking in the mirror and seeing the beauty. It only took thirty-three years to do that. I look in the mirror and see beauty. I see me.