When you look in the mirror is the person you see reflected the person you want to be? Is it someone:
- You respect?
- You understand?
- Whose life has meaning?
- Who is moving in the direction of a better future?
The person you see is the reflection of your personal expectations: filled and unfulfilled. It isn’t the person you are, rather it is that person blurred by self doubts and your inner critic whose sole purpose is to prevent you from understanding your real worth, or acknowledging you achievements, abilities and life.
“We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are.” Anais Nin
Your reflection will remain out of focus until you are connected to your truest self and to what matters most to you.
In these difficult and challenging economic times, it may seem easier to sacrifice who and what you could be and have, in order to accommodate who and what you already have and are. It can seem simpler to give in, give up and give way your hopes, dreams and wishes, but payment is in sense of self and self-esteem and never ever worth the cost.
When you:
- Avoid your own truths to accept the truths of others;
- Choose to stop trying to make a difference to accept indifference;
- Place your future at risk by sacrificing your present sense of purpose;
- Relinquish your own goals in order to help others to achieve theirs;
You inevitably fail yourself in order to satisfy others thus losing your ability to see yourself clearly.
If the image you see isn’t the image you want to see, your mirror doesn’t need cleaned or replaced. What needs to happen is for you to identify your values and the principles by which you want to live.
These will connect you to your truest self and provide you with the ability to realign you mirror image!
