I know I have done this. All my life I've looked in the mirror and seen flaws instead of beauty. I have some idea of why this is, but I don't want this blog to be about my problems. (Suffice it to say that we take things in sometimes that we shouldn't when we are weak and unknowledgeable.) Back to the mirror! Try to look at yourself as if you were someone else. Who is that woman? Walk to and fro, watch the woman. Do you see her differently now that she isn't you? I bet you do.
Others are not looking at us with the eyes of a critic. I remember Dr. Phil saying once on his show that his father always said people aren't thinking about you nearly as much as you think they are. You know why? Because they are thinking about themselves wondering what you are thinking about them! We all think others are judging us and 9 times out of 10 they don't even consider us. We just aren't that important.
If, in fact, someone does judge you, it isn't about you anyway. It is about them. No one can judge you because no one really knows you. Only you can judge yourself and to be honest, we aren't impartial either.
The woman in the mirror is a woman. She has lived through much. She has worked hard for things. She is doing her best. Thank her as if she were not you. Smile at her. Look at her with eyes that are kinder today. Respect her a little more. You'll be happier for doing so.
Take good care today.
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