Love &
Healing
One and Only by Adele, 21, is always on
my playlist. The lyrics give me the feels
and my heart warms to every single word
in that perfect composition of love and
healing.
She says, or sings, ‘you never know if you
never try to forgive your past…’
Unfortunately, this is the story of our
lives. MOST of us.
Here’s why.
In reading a devotional text by Crystal
Williams titled ‘Our Sacred Reflections’
she says, “you know when your mirror is
foggy after a shower, and you really can’t
even see your own face? Well, that’s often
how we see ourselves; we aren’t getting a
clear picture.”
It goes without saying that most of us
aren’t quite happy with ourselves. We are
not good enough, not thin enough, not
attractive enough, like Pamela said in her
Banza interview, we are just not enough.
And our foggy mirrors have for a long
time shown us a glimpse of who we are;
bleak outlines that hint but don’t detail.
Our parents have also played a role in this.
Crystal calls it one of the three mirrors we
turn to in a bid to finding ourselves.
EDITOR’S NOTE
They say, ‘Oh! you look like a doctor.
You’ll become a doctor.’ And all our lives,
we believe we are doctors. Or our peers
who tell us we need to post more pictures
on Instagram because we need
affirmation. It is as if we, keep lying and
insist on trying to be something we are
not. And finally, the societal mirror which
sets the norm; dictates the outcomes for
our lives failure to which, we are doomed
to eternal condemnation.
Here’s the problem.
We run away from our true selves, and
finding the true self is a feat too huge to
dare try.
Here’s the solution.
Dare yourself to be you.
When we wipe off the fog in our mirrors,
we will see ourselves. And maybe we
might not like who we see. But, it’s still
us. And our creator loves us for who we
are. So why should we not love ourselves?
Loving you for you is the first step
towards self-healing. The pain that is
underlying for years has left a wound. And
you can heal that wound if you choose
to see where it is. But you have to start
looking inside.
In the words of Jordan Rakei,
your yearning and search for something
[or someone else] will wear you thin.
Quit lying and stop trying to be someone
you’re not.
Maybe you can’t see, but you are the
masterpiece.
Happy reading.
Eric Maingi
Editor-in-Chief