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A Closer Look in the Mirror

“your imperfections make you perfect”.

Literally speaking and appearance-wise this is true. Napagkaalaman ko lang just lately. Though when I heard this statement from a friend I know it rings some truth, I just didn’t have a good example back then. When I got my new phone… with built in camera.. wala akong ginawa (natural!) kung di mag take ng photos of everything.. from my stuff toys (not to mention.. binihisan ko pa with matching light effect!), my little mermaid curtain (which was very uncomplimentary to my peach bed linen), my dad (he really has that funny look whenever I take a photo of him), my mom eating (she eats quite a lot.. pero never ko siyang nakitang tumaba ng ganun! Hehe wow good genes I should say.. I sure think I got that from her! Hehe), my friend’s hands (kasi ang ganda eh.. yung long and pointy. She also plays the piano so well.. hmm.. I wonder.. if I learned how to play a piano would I have those hands too? Only the future can tell.. “future”.. i e enrol ko magiging anak ko sa piano lessons!), yung tito ko habang kumakain (ka-partner ko yun kumain sa KFC eh!)….at syempre pa.. I took pictures of myself..

And that’s when I realized that.. im not at all symmetrical as I thought I was when I see my reflection in the mirror. My right eye is smaller than the other.. this is more prominent first thing in the morning or whenever I woke up. I also have these two massive front teeth.. that makes me look like a squirrel. Even though I had braces (eh premature naman yun) it’s still a bit protruding. And then I have this nose… AH! (sakit na nga ng pinoy yun!). my ears.. na parang tenga ni legolas! And I also notice how much light can be reflected from my forehead!

But then…. As I said before.. your reflection doesn’t highlight these slight flaws. Your eye no matter how asymmetrical they are.. project the image of your nose, teeth, lips, ears, teeth, and itself.. as a whole.

Maybe this is how God sees us. He doesn’t look at our weaknesses and strengths, nor the mere fact that one leg is shorter than the other. For him we are indeed perfect. All the other imperfections cancel out just like a mathematical equation. Even if the two sides look different, God can prove to you.. that these are indeed equal to each other.

It could be difficult at times, for comparison’s sake. We can’t help that. But we know that we are either going to come out as egoistic maniacs who prided himself superior to others, OR a complete sucker who retreats in his shell. Either way we are left with nothing but our “SELF”..

Your imperfections make you perfect. For God never makes mistake. We shouldn’t even call it “imperfections”, hmm… it’s more of… a “surprise twist”, just like the ending of few films which make a great impact to the viewer (dead poet’s society). Or that unexpected mishap in the laboratory, which resulted to a discovery of something that wasn’t even intended. Or even that flavour in food that caused you to have another try to savour and deduce what has made it soo.. scrumptious!!

This is God’s twist, which compels you to be as remarkable, unexpected, fascinating person that you are.