Have you ever looked at yourself

Looked in the mirror just before walking out the door, check if the lipsticks correct, if your eyeliner is even. Judged yourself by what others will think of you and doubted yourself that you are good enough.

As we enter the world we put a facade on, to hide our blemishes so that know one can fully know who we are. We try and hide a little bit of ourselves so that if someones doesn’t like who we are, we know that in ourselves the little bit of something hidden is still protected from negative views. Something that no one will ever damage.

But sometimes we hide it for so long; in fear that it will be exposed, that we no longer know what it is. We lose track of who we really are and what we really look like.

We worry too much about the out side world, what it might present us with, the unknowable perceptions of others and the fear of being disliked. But why? We cannot change who we are.

So now really look at yourself. Try and uncover the secrets we are feared to expose. Don’t be scared that people will laugh, because it’s only you. Be naked to yourself; discover the blemishes, and try and love them. Accept you cannot change them no matter what you try. You cannot always put lipstick on a disliked feature.

Look in the mirror, without make up on, without a physical facade. Recognize your natural lip colour. Why do you place lipstick on them..our own lip colour obviously is the best shade to suit our skin. Analyze the facial structure you have been given, the face shape you will always expect when you look in the mirror. What if one day that changes? if you all of sudden woke up with a slightly longer or fatter face? Will everyone else notice? Will they think its ugly like you do? Probably not, so stop worrying about your physical appearance.

Smile, see how unique your smile is, have you ever seen someone with the exact same smile as you? No…But we always notice smiles, why? Because it is an expression not many people can prevent. We can hide those silly facials expression we share to only our close friends, but when we feel happiness its only natural to smile. So if we can’t prevent it, and we can’t change it? Why not love it?

So next time you are venturing into the out side world, don’t worry if your lipstick is on correct, if you hiding the real you. Just look at yourself and be comfortable, expose what you were scared to reveal and don’t fear that it will be “ugly”. Try not to care and worry yourself into what other people think. Just be happy you real.