the danger with mirrors

you see, the danger with mirrors is they let you look back. they allow you to look at yourself and question what you see. they allow you to peek behind you and see what either is, or isn't there. 

mirrors help in so many trivial ways like aiding contact users and preventing many a bad hair days. but mirrors really are more bad than they are good. think to yourself, "what would a world without mirrors look like?" some of us will only take it at face value and say "well everyone would look a hell of a lot worse," and that's fine. that is a fine answer. 

because we would look a lot different...but worse, how would we know? how can we look worse if there was never any better? 

I can't answer that question.

all I know is that the world would be a much different place without mirrors. 

mirrors allow for so much hate. hate of oneself and of others. it's unnecessary really, all this hate. 

if we shattered all the mirrors and broke all the scales then maybe, just maybe, the world would be a little bit happier. 

people would learn to trust their eyes a lot more, trust their perceptions more, and trust themselves more. 

when you look in a mirror you are training yourself to search for flaws, for blemishes, or for any minute detail you think isn't right. we live in a mirror-ridden society where searching for flaws replaces searching for strengths. 

i'm just as guilty as the next.

i just think it's interesting to think of a world without mirrors.

NP: Free Fallin'- John Mayer