Reflection

I'm not brilliant, I'm not spectacular, I'm not amazing. I don't know how many times I've told myself these things, spent hours trying to figure out why I haven't had the self esteem and respect others had. My mirror, broken and cracked from the lies I've been told and the lies I sold to myself. But my mirror broke, I dropped it on the way to college. I didn't know what to do so I went on with life, turns out I have the best mirror of all. My friends are my mirror. I trust them and respect what they have to say because they see me all the time, not just in the morning when I'm in the mirror, that's the only time i see myself. They see me at my best and at my worst. There's no comparison to the mirror of friendship. It may not be what you want it to be all the time but it should be the truth.

Not everyone seeks to tell the truth, those who lie and sneak to get what they want won't become the greatest they could be, nor do they belong in my life. I've surrounded my life with good people, it's what gets me through life. When you surround yourself with bad people, mean people and people who belittle others you'll look around one day and hate the world you live in, see nothing but pain and anger, and live with the shadow the rest of your life.

So stand up, do the right thing, and learn to love the face in the mirror. Because the world is yours for the taking.