Mirrors lie............
by Teri LaFaye
November 07, 2009
When Scenes Are Not What's Seen
The older I get, the more I think. My kids (I say 'mine' even though I know they belong to someone else) these kids remind me to look within for answers. In my Literary Genre class, we think a great deal. It may not always go in the ways I had aimed for, but the outcomes are always what we ALL needed in that moment.
I told Kenny in an email today we should remember to not compare ourselves to everyone around us. Too many times we forget that the reflection in the mirror is only a small portion of who we truly are. Maybe such wisdom only comes with age. I see the person in the mirror and the part of me that focuses in on another wrinkle, or another flaw, thinks of the ticking of the clock. However, then I remember there is the other person inside of me...... that person knows the reflection is not the essence of who I.
So, in the course of this day, I will wish my readers to see the ALL of who they are...change the things you can, accept the things you can't change, and at the end of each day BE THANKFUL YOU HAD THE CHANCE.
Each day is numbered, not in the hours seen, but the seconds we make count.
big hugs 2 u!
Teri LaFaye
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the clock is ticking
wow i am becoming addicted to your blogs,lol
i kind of needed to read something like this.
yesterday i was invited to a friends 18 birthday. i saw her and she looked great, she was with her boyfriend, and she is about to leave to college. it just hit me how time was passing by, she looked so perfect and even though it is not like if i have not talked to her in a long time, it felt as if she was a totally new person.
"I see the person in the mirror and the part of me that focuses in on another wrinkle, or another flaw, thinks of the ticking of the clock. However, then I remember there is the other person inside of me...... that person knows the reflection is not the essence of who I."
it was like seeing her trough a mirror(more like a window) but the reflection she gave was not the essence of who she is. there is the other person inside her, and that is the person i know. And i won't lie, that person has change a little, but only for the better.
likewise, i, think of the ticking of the clock and might focus on the negative, on exterior flaws, but i know that time means change, and if i am going to change i will make sure it is for the better on both persons; exterior and interior. i know that the interior person can only be bettered, become more wise, intelligent, moral, and sophisticated. i also know that the exterior person will get some wrinkles and some so called "flaws", but it can also get in shape, healthier, and feel younger as time passes by. (i know people on there 40's that are in better shape(cough, jamo and you) than people on their 20'(cough, cough, cough me lol). and that is what i will strive for.
so even if the clock is ticking, it can not be stop, so we must focus on every second it gives, take advantage of it and use it to better ourselves.
(hope my comment made sense, wrote it in a hurry)
thanks teri for your blog
you're an inspiration : )
wow, thank you!
I think everyone should stop in the moment, FOR the moment. Thank you for taking time to comment. I am glad to be the addiction of the moment.
It's funny (ironically funny) how while we are always changing, we are always the same. Now, there's an oxymoron for you! lol
It's what we do with and in the change that matters in the long run.
I think I write to remind myself. To especially remind me of what's important.
I wonder sometimes who is reading my blogs. It's nice to know someone is.
Hugs 2 U, my friend,
Teri
When everything is said and done, be sure more is done than said.~~~author unknown