WHO DO YOU SEE WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR?
by Ngozi Osuagwu, MD | April 10th, 2016
When you sign up to be part of the family, the first assignment on the 30 Day Alive and Healthy Challenge is to look at yourself in front of the mirror, naked, and profess that you love yourself. I was surprised to find out how difficult this was for some women and even men. I have heard such comments as “I hate my body”, “I am afraid to see what I will see”, “I do not like how I look”, “My hair is too..”, “My nose is…” and the list goes on. We have this tendency to see only our faults and not what is beautiful. I do not believe that one can start their journey to good health until one can look at that person in the mirror with positivity.
I am working on my second book. It has been ten years since the last book. Once in a while I like to share excerpts from the new book on my blog. I leave you with this poem:
LOOKING IN THE MIRROR
I looked in the mirror the other day and I saw this woman
This beautiful woman
And I wondered why I had never seen her before
I wondered why it never occurred to me that she had a reason for living
I wondered why it never occurred to me that she didn’t need to have someone define her
I wondered where she had been all this time
Yes, I looked in the mirror the other the day
And oh my God I saw
I saw someone that needed to be here
Someone that was meant to be
The next time you look in the mirror, look at that person carefully and know that she is full of beauty and strength.
