We were never supposed to see our own faces this much. Our hearts were not made for constant judgment. A reflection should be a moment not a habit. But now our faces stay with us always. The screen becomes a mirror that never turns away.
Mirrors used to show brief honesty. Now every room shines our reflection back at us.As search for beauty but find fear. We want approval that never comes, forgetting we are human and not objects for display.
On Zoom we pretend to listen but we stare at ourselves. We fix hair and skin instead of our ideas. We feel insecure in silence. Every small movement feels wrong. The camera turns us into actors in our own lives.
Social media gives us perfect faces to compare with. Filters erase flaws and real beauty too. We start to believe our natural skin is a mistake. We pray to look better instead of feeling better. Is begging for likes to measure our worth? Seeing our faces too much teaches us to doubt love for ourselves.
Our eyes become sharp judges of every change.The aging and normal features. We forget that each line is a story. We ignore the laughter and tears that shaped us and stop seeing the person,only seeing mistakes. Seeing our faces too much takes away the softness in how we look at ourselves.