Control

News Flash:

Not everyone feels ordained, when seeing themselves in the mirror, to DO SOMETHING. A person’s reflection is not automatically a call-to-action.

Think about the people you know personally: Who do you know who looks in the mirror and does not feel a sense of responsibility for what they see? Children are usually neutral-to-positive about their appearance, though many of us who struggle with our bodies were quite young when we decided to stop accepting ourselves just the way we are.

As we age, and time has its way with our looks, we must let go more and more of a sense of culpability about our physical presentation. And yet, some of us have it so engrained that “I am to blame for _(my hair color/size/complexion/girth/skin shade)_” that even as we age, we tell ourselves that we should do something about what we see in the mirror. To make it “better” somehow.

But do you realize: it is possible to feel neutral when looking in the mirror? It is possible to have no change in emotional state when