Who am I? I AM ME!
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Life will never be the same, there I was walking along the beach taking note of the sun streaming down upon the water and dancing upon the crest of the waves. I could feel the sand creeping between my toes and thought to myself why is it that the ocean conjures up so much emotion in me.
Have you ever caught a glimpse of yourself in a puddle, the reflection is always different than when you look in a mirror ,somehow all the imperfections disappear and what you see is the real you ,the image of how other people see you. I suppose we as human beings are so intent and critical of ourselves we fail to notice the projection that we send to the world.
Fifteen years ago , I was involved in a serious car crash and suffered multiple injuries including facial lacerations. When I look in the mirror all that stares back at me is the scarring and to me that is all that others see too. Looking in a puddle ,there are no scars and that is how others see me.
When I look down over my body I see fat and how I long for a slim firm body, but, looking in that puddle there is no fat just a slim body walking tall and straight, the body that I have always longed for is there , in that puddle, for all the world to see.
Why do we as human beings beat ourselves up, When are we going to realize that what we perceive to be is in the mind, who we are and what we look like is in the eyes of the beholder.
It took me such a long time to learn this, and now, what I try to do is project the inner me, that way,not only do I feel more confident but I know that that is what everyone else sees. They don't see the scars nor the shape of my body, just me, I like this idea a lot. No more do I wear baggy clothes or a paper bag over my head I AM ME and I cant say anymore about that.
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Thanks hilltrekker much appreciated
As Tolden said, you can't judge another critter by it's skin. sorry I called you son on my comment. I got too many fans to keep 'em all sorted some times. Good material, keep it up now.
thanks for the compliment, it's good to hear. Sometimes you doubt yourself but I was pleased with this one.
nice expression
great
Such wise words, a chill ran down my spine. It is hard to rise above our perception of ourselves and understand others may see us differently. And even harder to keep remembering this. Thanks for the wonderful hub!
Very true.
Me? I'm someone else! :)
Thanks K@ri, much appreciated.
Hello marcofratelli, pleased to meet you and your friend, hope you soon pull together.
Lovely - of course I see you as a bridge in the forest *wink*. Lately I've been saying the grander plan of not seeing as well as we age, is profound. When we look in the mirror as an older person, we not only see less wrinkles, but somehow the reflection is younger from so many memories. Personally, I love the you, you project :)
Thank you SEM Pro for your compliments, I am humbled.
You deff have a way with your words my friend, still love the poem the best though, but your writing deff touches me.
Thanks bc, I enjoy your work also , working on another poem for you.
Thanks for writing this, Alison. Your perception is wonderful! I have quite a bad perception of myself and the people I love most are those who seem to not see my flaws.
that is the way it should be Haunty, those that see the flaws , need to ask the questions and not to assume the answers.
BTW my perception of you is, a thoughtful and considerate person , and also one of intelligence. Have a hug on me!
Thanks Alison, much appreciated. :)
If only I lived closer.
Thanks so much for sharing this - deeply personal and deeply moving. I need to find one of those puddles, I think. Thanks again.
Beauty is skin deep and through your words your beauty shines. Very touching.
dori
Thank you so much for reading and leaving such lovely comments, much appreciated.
RedElf, the puddles are everywhere, even in the most unexpected places
fortunerep, hugs to you, and thank you.
Oh my, I remember now, I thought you a lad at first. LOL How stupid of me then. Lets go puddle jumping together sometime dear.
Thanks for revisiting, we can go puddle jumping anytime, kind sir.
What the hell? I am not 'kind sir'.LOL I'm charlie, dear. You know me too well for that sir stuff. May as well call my Laird Tearlach. I don't recall that wonderful picture of the clouds, is it an added feature?
OK Charlie me Darlin, we can puddle jump anytime, the picture has always been there, maybe you see it differently lol
Yeah, I think I just forgot and now I see even more in there, pretty cool it is.
Thanks Charlie, you have cheered me up.
hmmm, well gee I am gald to do that dear. Any sun over there yet? I ate too much yesterday. Amazingly no whiskey an only 2 beers.
Sun, heck havent seen any for two days lol, so you are feeling stuffed and no whiskey to wash it down with, Shame, here you are, passes the favourite tipple, get on the outside of that.
Haha, will see you later in the tree house, we'll do some climbing of new heigths. bye fer now
see ya later
Scars aren't damage -- they are healing; they aren't a defect -- they are the completion of successful healing. You will say that I don't know what I am talking about if I don't have as many scars as you do. And I reply that someone I cared for saw one of my (many) scars as an ugly blight on my skin and turned away from me. He was wrong. There is nothing ugly about surviving and regaining health. Nothing at all. I sure don't miss him.
P.S. your avatar is beautiful, though!
Teresa, i thank you, I am sure that you know what you are talking about, and I do go about daily life mostly without thinking, its just when the photograph business comes up, I cant do it thats all
Thank you so much for popping in and leaving your wonderful words.
You made your point so clearly and so well, love the written images of the beach and the picture, no wonder this hub has done so well
Thankyou so much, Katyzzz, for the comment and for reading. Always a pleasure.
Very nice!!
hilltrekker says:
10 months ago
A very true expression and philosophy. Sweet pic.