We trust them to display the reality of our body. We stare, we turn, we contort our bodies to hide our insecurities, but when we are in a neutral stance, free of ridiculous and unnatural body poses, our perceived imperfections become our main focus. Through your distorted self image, you become your flaws.

Each mirror is manufactured differently and we’ve probably seen more than 50 different versions of ourselves in mirrors throughout our lifetime. So which one do you trust? Do you trust the mirror in the restaurant bathroom that makes your waist look a little smaller? Do you trust the mirror in your bedroom that tells you that your legs look weak and fragile? Or do you trust the mirror in your best friend’s bedroom that depicts you as your ideal body? Which mirror shows the real me? What do I really look like? What is true? What is a lie? We have no clue. And maybe there’s a little peace in knowing that we look different than what we see in that mirror. Our perception of ourselves is often very harsh and unforgiving. But I have to believe that there is no concrete way to know what we really look like. A picture? A mirror? It’s all perception and it varies across minds. Trusting someone to tell you what you look like is also based on perception.

So there’s no way of knowing what we really look like. When you come to terms with that, it’s liberating.

Trust when the people around you – especially your loved ones –  tell you how radiating you look. Because you are as beautiful as the energy you give off.