Mirrors
We have two mirrors at home, both explain things differently.
One is old, has been around before I was born and I am over thirty now, the other is about ten years old.
One is in a dimly lit room the other in a relatively well lit one.
One is high, almost competes for height with me — the other falls just in the middle of my forehead. I always have to bend forward to use it. Same person in it but they show different looks.
I think like those mirrors we see situations differently, we see people differently.
We see things differently because of conditioning. Society. Family background. Education. Childhood. Reorientation etc.
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The mirrors always teach me to understand perspectives. We all can’t see, feel, believe things the same way.
Sometimes, individuals also see themselves in a different light, not as others see them. Other times, people see themselves through the eyes of others. Some begin to see themselves as they’re described by the people around them.
Now, do mirrors show us what we want to see?
Do they show us what we need to see?
Do they show us what we should see?
The difference between us humans and mirrors is, humans often see things differently in a knowingly biased way because; they do not want to be agreeable, they do not want to be seen as a pushover, they’ve closed their minds off seeing another aspect there may be of a situation or person or they do not have the complete information to understand a situation or person.
These mirrors aren’t that complicated, they have no agenda to show things differently, it’s just how they’re cut, how they were produced and manufactured. If you do not like how your mirror shows you, you simply get another one.
About the mirrors in our house. I think one explains things better — it shows my face defined, pretty and clear but that’s just my opinion.
