I think you should spend more time in front of the mirror!




My beautiful Sister!

I think you should spend more time in front of the mirror

Not just the quick glance you take every morning

 To make sure your dress or shirt seats well on you

But an actual study of the image staring you back in the face

Maybe then you will be able to appreciate the beauty that is you

I came to this realization only when I did so.

 

You would want to agree with me that

Often times when we look in the mirror

We tend to focus more on what’s not rather than what is

“My nose looks too big”

“I wish I had a bigger bum bum to fill the spaces in my skirt”

“If only I wasn’t this dark”

“I wish I had a flatter belly”

Our mirrors indeed have heard it all

 

Why not more of

“I look very beautiful”

“My teeth are absolutely perfect for me”

“This color was made for me!”

“I have beautiful legs”

“I have a billion dollar smile”

Why not statements of how perfect you are despite every other thing.

 

Statements like that will definitely go a long way

In boosting your morale during the day

And improving your self confidence in the long run

 

You don’t have to wait till you are told

“You have the most sincere and beautiful eyes ever”

Before you know that!

Be your greatest fan

Only when you know how to appreciate yourself

Would you be able to appreciate others truly

 

Meanwhile, 

 Mirrors can be important.





                                                                                                            All my love,

                                                                                                            Ifedolapo

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

DANGEROUS HOPE

Image
Don’t give me a taste  Of what could be  If you’re not ready to go all in For my heart has been yearning  For its strings to be played For the longest time And my mind has lived on Rather vivid pictures or imaginations  Of the kind of love I want  And how it could feel like. So, you see My heart is soft yet strong  Open and waiting  Even for a flicker of hope  Of what I’ve waited for  And of what I’m still waiting for. So hope right now is dangerous  So maybe I should just stay away from you  Because I’m incapable of being friends with you  But I love you this much  And because I know that’s all you want  I still stay at the expense of my mind being a mess  Just to be your friend  Maybe this is what Sam Smith felt When he sang “Love is a losing game” Ifedolapo
Read more

My Heart Still Skips At the Thought of You

Image
You’ve taken territory  Of my heart  And thoughts  With little to no permission  Still  My heart skips  At the thought of you  As though it’s surprised  Each time in the 24 times  You wander into my thoughts  In the 24 hours the day has. A cardiac rhythm problem  As in  A failing heart  Or  A heart falling in love ? Ifedolapo
Read more

The girl in glasses

Image
A girl in glasses. Hidden behind those slender  frame of glasses  Are found eyes  That tells stories beyond  What you see  Behind those glasses  I’ve become okay  With hiding the color of my eyes. Those almost black  Hazy brown, Catlike  Tiny little eyes of mine  That serves as my window to the outside world  This pair of glasses  Have not just become a protection  For my delicate eyes against  A harmful influx of light  But have become my shied From prying eyes  who wants nothing but to devour   the stories my mouth refuses to utter  It’s a shield I’ve become  So comfortable to hide behind  As my eyes these days  Carry bags of their own. Bags from restless nights  With not enough sleep  Bags from tumultuous sleep  With torturous dreams  Bags of worries  And very  Few bags of genuine happiness  No wonder  My eyes don’t shine with luster  Like they used to before. What’s even sadder is  I’m not sure at the moment  They ever will again. Maybe they will eventually  Let’s not be pessimisti
Read more