Mirror, Mirror on the Wall...

Sometimes we just don't like to see the reflection in the mirror. We judge others and hold them up to the light to see their imperfections, but the last thing we want to do is see the cracks in our own image. Once in a while we happen to catch a glimpse in passing of the person we really are...seen, not through a mirror, but in the reflections of someone else as they watch us. Sometimes it's great...you see a reflection of admiration or appreciation, but other times it only serves to actually make you reflect on the imperfect person you really are. After a particularly heinious week at work trying to break in a new computer system when a chance remark from a co-worker made me stop and re-evaluate. Well, it at least made me pause;) My co-worker remarked that I can be quite sarcastic when I want to, and I have to agree. I always think I take the high road, but that's just to allow me to be able to do and say what I want. Am I embarrassed by this? Not really, and that kind of surprises me. Really. I always have this idea that I can't say exactly how I feel or I'm going to upset someone. Well, sometimes people need to be upset! You know those people that insult you all the while smiling and ending with a lil chuckle...just so you know they're kidding...yeah, right. That venomous chuckle that says "I can say anything I want, and as long as I laugh at the end of it....I dare you to be offended". Well no more! What about those people pleasers who always say yes to you...even if they don't listen to what you're asking them? Does that mean that you have to appreciate that? They basically shut you out...and up...and you should appreciate it? Duh...no. It's taken me a lot of years to realize that you can't please everyone, especially if you don't please yourself. Being true to yourself and your feelings doesn't mean you have to be mean to people, but it does mean that you have to be true to yourself. At the end of the day if you can look in the mirror and be happy with the way you've lived your life then you have been true to yourself...after all...you judges you more harshly then yourself....Till then....I'll say Wen....