Look through my eyes

Take a look through my eyes...

Everything changes

You'll be amazed what you find

Take a look through my eyes...

 - "Look Through My Eyes" - Phil Collins (from "Brother Bear" movie soundtrack)

Look at yourself...

Not through your own eyes - they will deceive...

Look at your self from someone else's eyes.

That's what it takes to know who you really are.

How good you are.

Or how rotten.

The revelations can be quite surprising - even shocking... But mostly sobering... It will bring you down from the sky of ego; or pull you out of the quagmire of self-depriciation...

Such an exercise is necessary every now and then. For its good to know your true self...

But when you do know your true self - can you live with it? Can you accept who you really are?
For when you look at yourself form someoen else's eyes, you will also judge yourself from that person's eyes. And you may not stand up to that person's standards or beliefs.

So either you change yourself - hiding your true self - so others appreciate you... but it leaves you unhappy from inside...

Or you accept yourself for who you really are - good, bad, rotten - for better or for worse... and learn to live with it... Thats the only way to make peace with your inner self... To shrug off the weight of everyone's expectations and feel the lightness of your being...

Oh but how difficult that can be... Hated by some, looked down upon or ridiculed by others... How can one face all that?

Look at yourself from someone else's eyes. But don't judge yourself from their eyes...