No matter how busy people are, almost everyone looks into the mirror at least once a day. Since it is something we do regularly we don’t find anything special about it – that is the truth. What we see in the mirror is someone we have been seeing for years. Many people wonder, “What is so special about that?” But what we see in the mirror isn’t just an ordinary person who is our age and seems unremarkable – it is a wonder, a possibility.
Didn’t get it? Let me explain.
In this world, there is only ‘one’ of us. That is the miracle each of us is. There is no one else who thinks like us, who has our unique talents, or who holds the same goodness. But still, we don’t see ourselves as valuable. So many possibilities lie within us! Yet we don’t make use of those possibilities in the way we should. Each person is like a mine -only when we dig deep do we find the precious things. The mirror tells us that we are the person meant to do that digging. It says, “There is only one you – see yourself as someone valuable.”
The mirror is both our enemy and our friend. It becomes an enemy when we look into it and focus on our limitations and boundaries, when we devalue ourselves, when we judge ourselves as ordinary and when we set limits saying, “This is all I am.”
The mirror becomes a friend when we challenge ourselves, when we grow and encourage ourselves. The mirror is not just for checking appearances – it is a medium that reminds us of our worth.
So from now on, let there be a new perspective when we look into the mirror. May each of us be able to look with wonder, amazement and self-respect.
Regards
Prof Antoney P Joseph
