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Can't help but stare...


Mirror mirror on the wall,
Can you see me at all....
Tell me the truth,can you really tell me who I am...


I heard this song and then i thought of the many times i stand in the mirror each day,i mean who doesn't??? The lyrics sort of jump at you and you begin to think of how damaging the mirror can be...,and with the world these days i totally understand why Jessie sang it.
I can't really blame a mirror,and i can't really blame the world which lately as been crazed with "personal image"....if i can stare at a mirror and all of a sudden keep noticing things about myself then,.. in that moment in time i am defining myself with what i see.I may see myself in different ways but the fact still remains i thought about myself and whether i like it or not that thought will tell me who i am .

I know people who will lose their minds over one tiny spot on their face or how disfigured they look,when in the real sense they are as normal as can be...If only they knew...perfect DOESN'T EXIST!!!I don't mean you don't take care of how you look,but watch out when the looks take you away from accepting the best reality of all...that there can never be a more beautiful/handsome you!!!

So lately i have been staring at mirrors and this song pops up in my head....and am left stuck in between wanting to spot a lil tiny error and wanting to just smile at myself in that mirror.Funny thing is,no matter how much we look for those imperfections we will never be happy with what we got .

So if you can't help but stare at that mirror,try staring through your heart and see who you really are!!




                                                 JESSIE J "Who You Are"
I stare at my reflection in the mirror:
"Why am I doing this to myself?"
Losing my mind on a tiny error,
I nearly left the real me on the shelf.
No, no, no, no, no...

Don't lose who you are in the blur of the stars!
Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing,
It's okay not to be okay.
Sometimes it's hard to follow your heart.
Tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising,
Just be true to who you are!
(who you are [x11])

Brushing my hair, do I look perfect?
I forgot what to do to fit the mold, yeah!
The more I try the less it's working, yeah
'Cause everything inside me screams
No, no, no, no, no...

Don't lose who you are in the blur of the stars!
Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing,
It's okay not to be okay.
Sometimes it's hard to follow your heart.
But tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising,
There's nothing wrong with who you are!

Yes, no's, egos, fake shows, like WHOA!
Just go, and leave me alone!
Real talk, real life, good love, goodnight,
With a smile, that's my home!
That's my home, no...

No, no, no, no, no...
Don't lose who you are in the blur of the stars!
Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing,
It's okay not to be okay...
Sometimes it's hard to follow your heart.
Tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising,
Just be true to who you are!
Yeah yeah yeah



Comments

  1. Anonymous25 May 2012 at 10:06

    I've learnt to choose to see what I want to see when I look in the mirror. Is that song rock?

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    1. Yvette25 May 2012 at 11:13

      Its a pop song by Jessie J she sang Domino n lasrlight...its a fab song

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