From the mind of critic: “If looking in the mirror is the best first step in personal growth, are we afraid because taking that first step, means taking step after step from now until eternity? Does the sound of that long and fought journey make us believe we’ll never be successful, because we’ll never be able to muster the required energy? Are we simply afraid of looking inward, because then we’d have to question all our thoughts and actions, and if confronted by their full breadth, it would render us useless to perform life’s most ignorant tasks? Is it the steps we fear we’ll fail at, or is it a deep seeded fear of success, that once we pass our first test, then we’ll have to pass more and more, until we become so successful it’ll flip our world upside down, and away from that comfortable rut we’ve burrowed into? Introspection is difficult even if we’ve had practice, because even if we’ve done it before and think we have ourselves pegged, every time we look, we’ll see something different. Evolution of the earth, and of ourselves is happening whether we believe it or not. Depending on our perception, this constant change can bring fear nothing will ever be the same, or it can bring glimpses that it’ll be better than we ever imagined. How we look at ourselves in the mirror, determines how we view ourselves. The more love and gratitude we feel, the more we’ll show ourselves when introspection time comes. This will allow our guard to fall, and allow greater understanding to flow. Not all of this new understanding will be to our benefit, but the more gratitude we exude, the better our filter works to leave the bad and keep the good. Mirrors can be scary, but not more than never knowing who we truly are. It isn’t about having the most challenges or about being comfortable, but balancing so we know what each truly means when they appear. The more love we see inward, the more we’ll project outward. Failure and success are nothing to fear, in-action is. Ruts can be comfortable, but will bury us if we don’t keep moving forward.”
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