Who Do You See When You Look In The Mirror?

When you get up in the morning, slog off to the bathroom, start those first early morning - or in my case, late morning - routines, and you pass by the bathroom mirror, who do you see there? Well, ok, just past the bedhead and under-eye circles, who's looking back at you?

I hope you like what you see! Or even love that person staring back at you. If not, why not - do you dare ask yourself this? Take a good close look. Why would you not love the person that you truly are, standing there, no one else around, soul bared, staring into that mirror?

The answer is that we're taught not to love ourselves--by other people's comments, lingering childhood taunts, the world's images glaring at us from every magazine we pick up, artificially made-up movie stars, and on and on. But what we've learned, we can also unlearn!

Why not smile at yourself right now? Whether there's a mirror around or not. No one will know why you're smiling, only you will know that you're giving yourself a big hug inside. No one besides you knows when you need that smile or that hug, so go ahead and give it to yourself. Yes, you do deserve it. Yes, you can give it to yourself, it's ok. And yes, you can learn to do this every day. Challenge yourself and make it a habit.

That's a little thing, you know…..just a little thing that you may do for yourself each and every day. And before you know it, you just may have a smile and a hug for someone else. Even the little things we do, whether positive or negative, ripple out into the world and affect someone else. So hey, give in and allow yourself that smile and that hug.

Now, what else would you like for yourself?

It may inspire just one person out there to start their day with a smile!