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It’s a hard pill to swallow. You are looking in the mirror and the person staring back is not the one that you imagined. You are certain that you are taller; that your skin is clearer; that your teeth are whiter; that your nostrils are the same size… But alas, reality and your mental image can’t seem to agree.
This phenomenon is not limited to your morning visit to the bathroom and the mirror is not limited to the shiny thing hanging over your sink. A glimpse of yourself as you actually are right now, a full-blown moment of true self-reflection – can happen anytime and anyplace. When that moment occurs and your true self-reflection reveals that you are exactly what you think you are, and furthermore, what you want to be – then congratulations, you are awesome and I want to hire you to be my consultant. [Please note: I am currently paying for services in sandwiches]
However, when that moment occurs and your true self-reflection reveals that you are NOT exactly what you think you are, nor what you want to be – then I think you have two basic options:
Option 1: Deny it. Keep living life just as you have been. Consider the realization to be a hallucination borne of drinking bad milk and watching a LOST marathon during a thunderstorm. As reality TV has proven, reality isn’t for everyone. While I think it goes without saying that this is the bad option, it probably is worth discussing but would take an entire post to elaborate on. So let’s put a pin in that.
Option 2: Accept it. Admit that you suck, even if it’s just a little bit. Admitting your weaknesses/shortcomings/missteps not only builds character and diminishes ego, it exposes opportunities for continued growth. Honest self-assessments, good or bad, are the stepping stones that the road to awesomeness is paved with. I make it a practice to admit that I suck daily. It’s not because I don’t like myself, or that I don’t value the person that I am today. It’s because I know that the person that I imagine myself being is still waiting to be fully revealed. And until I’m honest enough the cast off the various husks of suckitude that hide that version of me, I’ll keep coming away from the mirror with disillusionment. While I think it goes without saying that this is the good option, I’d like to go on record as advocating for Option 2.
Just in case you’re worried about it, admitting that you suck in no way diminishes and/or contradicts your awesomeness. Rest assured. However, if you realize and admit that you suck but then do nothing about it – YOU. SUCK. EVEN. WORSE.
Please enjoy the song that inspired today’s post, courtesy of Avery Sunshine and the good people at YouTube. It is awesome indeed.
Great post
ReplyDeletethank you
ReplyDelete"...the various husks of suckitude" - truly a phrase worthy of trademarking. You can start, run and win a campaign based off this single slogan alone.
ReplyDeleteYou are on the money with this one. It took me years to be able to look into the mirror and tell myself that "I love you", and even longer to feel & mean it. It's sad to say that most people spend so much time staring in the mirror tearing themselves down based on the world's perspective of self. But once we're able to truly love ourselves and acknowledge our shortcomings and limits, then we're destined to become limitless and closer to being AWESOME!