My Truths, Your Mirror

Adriana Raffa
Jul 23, 2017 · 2 min read

It’s super fascinating to me how people choose to react to their mirror image. I don’t necessarily mean their LITERAL mirror image, but a person’s self-supposed mirror image. What they feel inside when they reflect on themselves. Or what they feel when they choose to evade that reflection, bury it, and react emotionally.

If you notice, a lot of my content can piss people off. I speak my truths — all of them — and coincidentally, in parallel, I hold a mirror up to those watching. If you like what you see, you support. If you don’t, you resist. That resistance takes many forms. Sometimes it’s just simply ignoring me, sometimes it’s trolling, sometimes it’s hating, but not matter what the symptom of that resistance turns out to be, the truth of it always stays the same. So although I become the catalyst for that resistance and the symptoms end up directed at me, it inevitably has nothing to do with me, which is why I’m able to meet it with such empathy and compassion. Like, I understand completely…

So for all those dealing with a similar situation(the people in my shoes) or for all those who see their mirror reflection and don’t like what they see just know, NO ONE understands more than I do, and my response is equal parts “TOUGHEN THE FUCK UP BUTTERCUP” and “Listen, I get it. It’s hard.”

But no matter what, just know, I’m not changing for a goddamn soul. While i recognize that I can be abrasive and arrogant at times, my INTENT is pure. Yes, I can be these things but I’m also equal parts humble, grateful, and grounded. You can’t throw me off my center because its literally all I know. I don’t know who else to be.

I don’t have a care in the world how people choose to react to my truths. I put zero weight in anyone’s reactions, opinions, or POV of me because I know exactly who I fucking am, and I’m nothing but comfortable with who I am. Strengths, shortcomings, and all. When I see the love and support, I stay nothing but humbled and kind. When the hate and resistance comes in, I move on with unbelievable lightning speed. My super power is my pure intent and my self-awareness. The world’s noise gets so uncannily quiet when you’re this centered. That’s why I’m unstoppable. That’s why I’m going to win.

I wish this for all of you. I wish for all of you to be this secure and centered. I wish for all of you to win.

Adriana Raffa

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