Today I woke up as usual, brushed my teeth, bathed, drank some water and looked into the mirror for the hundreth time till I'm satistied before going out of the house and get to work. While I drove to work I kept stealing glances of myself in the mirror, picking out some stray hair (my hair is quite messy), adjusting my sunglasses and cursing the driver at the back for driving so near my car. Then when I reached the office, I walked to the cafeteria, took my breakfast and then went to the toilet and looked into the mirror again.
Mirrors have always fascinated me because you see what you get. Whenever I need to stop dreaming that I'll marry a handsome prince with tonnes of cash, I look into the mirror. Whenever I had a bad day and cried my eyes out, I look into the mirror. The mirror will tell me that no prince will fall in love with a face like that. Reality check. The mirror will also tell me that no matter what happens, no matter how sad it is, I should be glad that I am still alive and that things will be alright after awhile, just like how my swollen eyes would have gone back to normal after a few days of crying. Mirrors give us the opportunity to look at ourselves the way others would see us, at least on the outside.
I looked into the mirror again just now. I just got retrenched. For awhile I didn't know how to react nor who to turn to, so I turned to myself. I went to the toilet and looked into the mirror. I saw a pair of sad looking eyes looking back at me. I saw anger, frustration and confusion. But somehow, I saw hope too.
moving!
15 years ago