All of these reflections.
To me its rather strange how we all see something different when we look into a mirror.
For instance when we walk down the busy streets and we see a lot of faces,
its in those momentary glances that we appreciate a (falsely perceived) unadulterated beauty.
We don't get lost in the whos and whats,
We dont get deluded perspectives of who someone is presently due to their past.
It is momentary of course.
now adays,
The more we see someone the less we see someone,
if we allow it.
We start seeing their pain,
Their problems,
their flaws,
their inability.
Their insufficiency.
Their weakness.
Because you see, its easy to love a moment, but its hard to love a lifetime.
When you separate someone from who they are, we objectify them.
When we fall in love with the outward beauty we often miss the beauty within.
Mirrors, well they are, they are not reflections, not anymore, they're insecurities.
We see ourselves everyday, some more than others, but at some point we all look into that mirror to judge ourselves.
When we look at a mirror its never to see whats right with us,
its to pick out whats wrong with us.
What we need to fix.
We spend so much time critiquing our reflections and picking out what we don't like that we forget what we do enjoy.
We miss our freckles and crescent moon grins,
We darken the glow of the light in our eyes.
Girls put on makeup because they've seen their face so many times
that they are tired of it.
and they feel this need,
this deep disposition
to change themselves.
Mirror Mirror on the wall, oh i wish that you would fall,
Mirror Mirror on the wall, why do you lie to us all?
If it wasnt for the judgement of others,
would we be so hard on ourselves?
If we didn't have all these momentary glances would she still spend hours in the mirror trying to change herself for no one; but everyone at the same time?
I'm different. At least I think so.
For me, when i see someone more, i don't disintegrate them. I dont see their beauty dissolve, I just find more of them. I just find more reasons to love them.
Whoever hears me, please, just try, just try to look at that mirror, and don't look for a flaw; look for something you like.
God bless you. Much love my friends and
i believe in you.
i believe that you,
right there with your screen brightly glowing my words,
can break your mirrors.
Your Heart Grows In The Light of The Father...
ReplyDeleteInteresting perspective A broken mirrors pieces spread about the floor are difficult to clean up. When the floor
ReplyDeleteIs cleaned and the broom put away. More often than not
That one piece that was missed almost always cuts your foot. From experience I find it best to tread lightly
Sometimes you need to step on the piece you missed so you learn to clean up better the next time.
DeleteWe learn from pain, and we as humans do what we can to avoid the same hurt twice.
Ultimately you're right, more often than not, we miss something, and in our false sense of security that we cleaned up that mess, we step back onto the piece we missed.
But if it takes stepping on a piece of glass i missed while breaking insecurities and self condemnation, than fuck it, ill take it.
This is so great!Joe, you're such a talented writer. You speak truth through Gods grace. So.. Thank you!
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