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“Your mirror don’t lie — but it does echo what you believe” -Mama Keys

Let’s be honest, baby.

Most folks don’t really look in the mirror.
They glance.
Quick. Rushed. Mechanical.
Just enough to fix the flyaways, smooth down that collar, check for spinach in the teeth, and maybe — maybe — force a smile before facing the world.

But let me ask you something that might shake you a little:
When’s the last time you looked in the mirror… and loved what you saw?

I’m not talkin’ about admiring your lashes after a good mascara day.
Not that outfit that’s hugging you just right.
Not the number on the scale — up or down.
I mean… you.

That fire in your eyes that’s still burnin’ after all life tried to put out.
That curve in your smile that holds every laugh and every ache.
That quiet strength in your face — the kind only earned by surviving what you never thought you could.

See, we been taught to check for flaws, not for faith.
We’re trained to fix, to cover, to adjust — not to affirm.
And chile, I was no different.

There was a time in my life I avoided mirrors like they owed me money.
I’d breeze by them with my head down or mutter things under my breath:
“You look tired.”
“You need to lose weight.”
“You should be farther by now.”
And that mirror?
It didn’t argue.
It agreed.

Because mirrors?
They’re faithful.
They reflect back whatever energy we feed them.

But one day — Lord knows what came over me — I just stopped.
I stood there.
Face bare.
Soul raw.
Tired of waiting on the world to affirm what heaven already declared.

And I said — shaky voice and all:

Whew.
The mirror didn’t crack, baby.

It clapped.
Because for the first time in a long time, I wasn’t looking for perfection — I was honoring presence.
I wasn’t measuring value — I was remembering identity.

That day, something in me stood taller.
Not because my makeup was flawless or my life was all together — but because I finally believed I was enough as I was.

And let me tell you something:
That kind of love?
It’ll change the way you walk into every room.

So now I ask you again, with love and boldness:
When’s the last time you looked in the mirror — and truly saw the masterpiece standing there?

If it’s been a while, that’s okay.
Start today.
Whisper love to yourself.
Speak truth until it echoes.

Because that mirror ain’t just glass.
It’s a portal.
To your becoming.

And baby… the world’s been waiting on you to show up.- Mama Keys

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