Man in the Mirror

How can we change other people if we don't look in the mirror first? I have given a handful of my friends advice only to realize that I need to start taking my own advice. The toughest task is taking your own advice. I find myself looking in the mirror late at night, and I analyze the person I portray on a daily basis. There are times when I agree with the person on the outside, and there are other times when I feel like I'm a contradiction to my personal character. So you have to ask yourself this one question.....what do I personify? Am I leaving a good impression, or am I leaving a bad impression? If you are asking yourself these questions at this very moment, you feel you can be a better "YOU."

When I think of becoming a better me, I think of Michael Jackson's song "Man in the Mirror" because it's the perfect example of how we should live on a daily basis. Speaking of that song in particular, I'm listening to it right now because I wanna make a difference in someone else's life other than my own. How do you feel you can impact another human being unless you start with yourself? My personal opinion states that you can't impact anyone before you impact your own life. I know you're probably asking yourself how can I impact my own life, and I'm glad that you asked. Take a look at the way you carry yourself. Do you walk around with your pants half way on your own behind? Do you use slang on a regular basis? How do you treat people around you? Are you marked up like the subway in Harlem? (thinking about Wayne's verse on "Soldier" with Beyonce) Whenever you have the time get in front of a mirror and look at your own presentation. Too many times we get mad at the world when things aren't going the way we feel they should. Have you ever thought about the fact that people are watching you even when you don't realize it?

Have you ever went to an interview and wondered why you didn't get the job? Maybe it was something you said , or it could be a deeper issue. Remember that time you and your friends went to the mall to hang out last Saturday. There's a great chance that the interviewer saw you with your friends acting an ass in public, or maybe the interviewer saw how you were wearing your clothes that day. I can go on and on with many different scenarios, but the main point of this blog is to take a good look at yourself. Evaluate the image you let the world see daily. You can't be a chameleon either. Switching up your image on a daily based on how you feel will come back and bite you in the butt. So before you can change things around you or in your life just take a good look at yourself and make a change!!! Be the "man or woman in the mirror"!