A World Without Mirrors

What would it be like? The only thing I can think of that I'd need a mirror for is putting in my contacts, which I can totally do without a mirror. The only other time I use it is to check if my hair is brushed (which I don't do much anyway). Are mirrors necessary? Is it a necessity to check the way we look or have we made it a necessity? I mean yeah, on cars, alright, but that's not looking at yourself. I'm talking about the trying on clothes, check how you look, get ready for work, check how you look, plucking your eyebrows, check how you look. Is it necessary?

What if it weren't? What if no bathrooms had mirrors? No room, for that matter, had mirrors? Would that shift our society's views dramatically? Would we, dare I say it, not care how we look?

I long to be free from my insecurities. Maybe that starts with not staring myself down, finding the pimples on my face, the stray eyebrow hairs, the scattered freckles. Maybe I need to take down my mirrors and see how my life reflects in my everyday life. If I'm giving enough of the Love I receive to see it reflect off of people's faces, knowing that they are loved and cherished. That's the kind reflection that matters. Not the looks that are drawn towards me regarding my looks, but the reaction drawn from me regarding my actions.

So DOWN WITH MIRRORS! [Insert: righteously angry mob of revolutionists throwing their mirrors into the streets] ...end scene.