Sometimes how we look on the outside doesn't reflect how we feel on the inside. Now I was going to place this off of an episode of "Friends" where part of the story line was about Ross' response to Rachael when she asked for his thoughts on how an outfit looked. It led into this, which I think still carries along the same line of thought. So instead of various explanations and scenarios related to how you should answer the question; "Does this make me look _____?" I'm turning it onto more of an how do we see ourselves. When we look into a mirror, the mirror reflects our image, not the feelings inside of us, or how it is we see ourselves. Certainly, it also cannot reflect the image others have in their minds when they see us. It plainly reflects the image before it truthfully. Our own thoughts and biases makes us to see it differently. I mean, we can look absolutely wonderful; very put together, confident, glamorous, fit and attractive; yet on the inside feel highly inadequate, sloppy, unattractive, unfit, and as though we are completely coming apart at the seems, if not bursting at the seems too. The opposite can be true too. I guess a good analogy of this which comes to mind is from the past weekend. Having met with friends and some of their coworkers; one who I had not seen in a few years had put on some weight. The way she must have saw herself was probably quite different than how others were likely to have seen her though. I mention this as some of the men were commenting on how she was almost falling out of her low cut dress, and notably jiggling in other areas; yet she must have mentioned something about flaunting herself before an old boyfriend or two from her past as the men made mention of it. Now she must have felt and seen something very different than what others were seeing. Not that it was a bad thing, but obviously not something that involved one being completely honest with ones self. And this relates back to the mirror. It doesn't fix the way we see ourselves, it's something we have to be honest and open to seeing. We can't ask the mirror if this outfit makes us "look" fat, or our behinds look big; we have to make that assessment ourselves by being honest with ourselves. It also can't show us what's inside, nor how other are going to see us. Looks can be deceiving; but we often are deceiving ourselves more than the image we present to others. By the way, this is the same character, just with different hair, hair color, and obviously outfits and set of morphs used. Thanks for viewing, I hope you all have a wonderful weekend too!