Mirror Images

"The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt." Sylvia Plath

I know a woman in her late 40's who is very pretty. She takes good care of herself and it shows. Her husband appreciates it, but it is really all in vain (pun intended) because she is so critical of herself. She compares her 40ish self to her 20ish self and comes up short. Hello! Isn't it a given that young women have stuff going on that we older women don't anymore? She has never become comfortable in her own skin. That lack of self-confidence seems normal in a very young woman, but I am thinking my friend and I are old enough to know better.

There is nothing more attractive in a man or a woman than confidence. Not arrogance, for arrogance is just smoke and mirrors to cover up weakness. But the confidence to walk through life more concerned with living and loving creatively than looking in every mirror you pass by. And speaking of mirrors, what we put out there in life reflects on us. Be at ease with who you are and you inspire confidence and creativity in everyone you meet.

Susan