“Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.”
If you’ve ever been in a car or on a bike, owned one, rented one, seen one and most importantly noticed one, you know where to find those words! On the rear-view mirror or side-view mirror of course! It’s that mirror, which helps you gauge which direction it’s ok to move towards, which one is safe and which isn’t, whether you’d hurt someone or yourself if you moved that way. It’s like a guide, like a navigator with your best interest in mind, provided you look at it and acknowledge its presence.
No, this isn’t a note on how to use the mirror for safer driving! It is more of a note to self. To look at the “object in the mirror” that is “closer” than it “appears”. It’s about acknowledging and embracing the person you see in the mirror every single day, at least a couple of times, if not more! How many times have we stopped to look ourselves in the eye? Sounds dramatic, I know, perhaps clichéd even, but it is powerful. I remember looking at myself in the mirror when I’d lock myself in the bathroom to cry about anything from a broken nail to a broken heart, from a bad hair day to a bad day and I’d stare straight into my eyes. It was almost instantly calming and comforting. Like I was talking to myself, and so I decided that I’d look myself in the eye in happier and normal times too. It is an empowering and fabulous feeling when you acknowledge yourself. Instead of awaiting validation and acceptance from external sources, giving myself all that and more was liberating.
Truth is, we don’t acknowledge or reach out to that guide, that navigator, supporter and nurturer we all carry within us. If only we all tapped into that enormous pool of love, support and strength within, we would realize how powerful we really are. If you’ve ever been asked the question, “do you love yourself?” you would have perhaps wondered what exactly loving yourself means. I have heard people say, “yea, maybe,” “umm..I don’t really hate myself, so I guess yea I love myself” and the confident “yes, I do.” The first time I was asked this question, I wasn’t sure what the honest answer to that was. I wondered what it meant and how I’d answer it in the most sincere way. It’s easier (I don’t mean easy or doable, just comparatively) to say I love another person, a place, a thing or anything else. But one self… how do you gauge that? To know that there is a “you” within you, could be a start and slowly but surely, you are all you’ll need – for love, for guidance, for company, strength and support. Everyone and everything else will be a bonus!
It’s all about perspective. Go on, look in the mirror! What you see IS indeed closer than it appears!
Supriya is talkative, funny, crazy, positive, a believer, a thinker, an RJ, a voice-over artist, a daughter, a mother! She loves smiles and sunshine and knows that if you really believe in something, it’s all yours! Working with radio for over nine years has taught her a lot, as a person and a professional. The importance of time, of words, of thoughts and of what all of this means to the other person. She takes nothing for granted and is grateful for life and honestly considers “thank you” to be the most powerful phrase ever. She blogs at http://thought-pitara.blogspot.in/