@Aalia 8 November 2022 more from that month

Sometimes we look in the mirror and see sunshine happy bright eyes a soft smile calm, rested face ... But sometimes we see only a mess ... A strange face looking back at us ... An image that makes us sad. Dark circles under tired eyes, frown lines, lips curving downwards under strain and stress of whatever is baring down on us. What is ever invisible in our mirror though, but reality and absolute fact, is the hearts we have touched, lives even changed because of it. We don't see the time, love and kindness we give freely to others, we don't see what that means not only to them, but to the harvest we are cultivating for ourselves. What we don't see is that we are uniquely, wonderfully made to create extraordinary memories, with the ability to hold on to the beautiful ones. We are a book written of our life as we live, unlike anyone else's, filled with all our emotions, dreams, accomplishments, memories and hope. And we don't have to even read the pages we don't like ever again! Linger a while longer in front of that mirror and visualise your day's page ... Choose to focus on the good, the beauty, the gratefulness even amid pain. Let that be the page written today. You are not only pages full of what happened to you. You are a book filled with what you conquered and overcame. You are a book of joy and love, hope, faith and time ... ❤️