True Image

It doesn't make sense to call ourselves ugly, because we don't really see ourselves… We don't watch ourselves sleeping in bed, curled up silent with our chests rising & falling with our own rhythm…. We don't see ourselves reading a book, eyes fluttering and glowing…. We don't see ourselves looking at someone with love and care in our heart...

There's no mirror in our way when we are laughing and smiling and pure happiness is leaking out of us…. We would know exactly how bright and beautiful we are if we saw ourselves in the moments where we are truly our authentic self...

The above message was posted by Geeta Shanker, my facebook friend. How true! We are denied seeing our own inherent beauty that is obvious to others who discover it in our responses and behaviour. The charm of our personality lies in our little actions and expressions.

Of course, those who see us, in our inherent beauty, can hold the positive mirror to us. But so often, so many of us would refuse to accept the true image of our selves. We tend to deflect positive appreciation and on the other hand we easily succumb to negative feedback, even if it is off the mark.

Our true image is when we are free of inhibitions... when the child within is set free... when we laugh without covering our face... when we walk without worry... when we shed the masks of false pretence... when we are simple and sincere... And when we choose to be better at noticing our truly attractive traits, we will notice our true image of yet another beautiful human being!

‘Every being is beautiful’ insists many a sage...

Let’s be better at appreciating our true image!

- Pravin K. Sabnis

Goa, India.