If you take a truthful look at yourself in the mirror right now, there is a high probability you are not who you want to be. Let’s not get confused. There’s you physically, who you think you are, and an idea you try to live up to. Usually, a mirror will only show you one dimension, what you can see, nothing more or less. It is you who looks in the mirror with preconceived thoughts or anticipated ideas.

But how often do you check to see yourself simply being who you are and what you look like, rather than abstract descriptions that fog the truth? I’m not saying these abstracts are not an essential part of your identity, but I am worried that you have over-romanticized these thoughts and ideas and mistaken them for reality.

So when you look in the mirror, you don’t see the real thing but what you want to see. It doesn’t end there. You use those same lenses to look at the world. Filtering and scrutinizing life and people to align with your thoughts and ideas. You think you are creating your own world, but what you’re doing is isolating yourself.

One idea or relationship at a time, and one day, you’ll notice that you are all by yourself, and no one will buy into your thoughts and ideas as much as you do. Will it be too late by then? I hope not. Everyone claims to prefer the truth, but they don’t tell you that they only want a version of the truth that accommodates their lies.

Your thoughts and ideas are important. In fact, they are the most vital aspects of crafting your self-worth because nothing is essential if you don’t think it is. Nothing affects you if you don’t think it is worth an emotional response. The problem is that you interpret everything and everyone else outside you with the same bias.

If the idea you had for yourself a few years ago isn’t who you are now, no one else cares. If you think you are a good person, it’s not anyone’s responsibility to uphold that accuracy. Why? Because they were all yours to begin with, your thoughts and your ideas. You are responsible for that.

So, stop acting like the world has its camera on you and step outside the shadow of your mind for a minute. Take a good look with zero expectations. Just you in this moment, that is where you start from. The sad, scared, weird, hurt, and ignorant you. You who have no idea what you have been doing with your life until now. You who are okay with not knowing simply because you are here and can see yourself for exactly who you are.

Remember, you see what you think, but what you think isn’t always the truth. So before you decide on anything or anyone by staking it against your thoughts and ideas, see it for what it is first. It’s not your world. It’s our world through your eyes.

Here’s a beautiful song that just makes sense if you sang it to yourself…

Just Us – by James Arthur

Have a magnificent week🥳