Mirror Mirror on the Wall!!

Few days back I saw a short film on YouTube.. It showed a man travelling in a local train. His looks were bit shabby but it were due to all the toiling he had done at the workplace. The train was in motion and the man unintentionally brushed a passenger who stood in front of him.. the passenger looked at this man in anger and called him a bloody thug securing his wallet from his back-pocket and keeping it safe in his bag.. The man was startled on hearing these words.. he thought to himself do I really look like a thug.. he questioned himself.. how could I, a gentleman by nature.. look like a thug.. do I really look like one..?? He was disturbed by this accusation of the passenger.. Alighting on the platform, a TC (Ticket Checker) asked him for the ticket...he looked around.. there were many who looked like they might not have purchased a ticket.. but why did the TC ask him specifically?? Did he look like someone who could not afford a train ticket... he rushed to his house and looked at himself in the mirror.. He tried washing his face multiple times... as if trying to remove the stain of accusation the stranger had put on him.. he started questioning himself.. questioned... Does everyone think the same about me? His self esteem dipped.. the next day in the same local train...the same passenger stood at the door.. this time the man stood aside so as to not brush the short tempered passenger again.. but a few moments later a young guy mistakenly brushes the passenger... the passenger again in anger hurls the same cuss words at this young guy... The man who was watching all this giggled... And thought to himself "I am not the only one who looks like a thug.. " But to his surprise this young lad who was shouted at, also started laughing... The man asked the young lad.." you must be hurt right.. because the man called you a thief?? To this the lad smiled and said.. "oh..not at all.. this passenger knows me only since the time i boarded from ghatkopar station.. but I know myself since 21 years"... The man keeps staring at this young lad.. and his awakening reply... as if just this one sentence changed the way he looked at himself... The credits rolled and the short film ended.. but it struck a thought process in my mind.. isn't that true with me too? sometimes my intentions are mistaken.. sometimes my actions are mistaken.. it doesn't matter much when strangers judge.. but words turn into poisonous penetrating darts.. piercing the heart.. when my very own people judge me.. when sometimes my parents fail to understand me.. or when my siblings jump to baseless conclusions.. these are the hardest times to believe in my own self.. when someone is not able to see through the good intentions.. or when someone is not able to see through my capabilities.. or when someone judges me solely on my appearance.. and when I don't fit into someone's ideal image of me... These are the times.. I stop listening to what others say.. These are the times.. I self reflect.. I speak to myself... My conscience tells me only I know who I truly am.. only I have known the pain.. only I have known how much time it took me to come out of a trauma.. only I know how much I have come so far.. others might be just a part of my journey.. but I AM THE JOURNEY.. so no matter what others think of me.. no matter how many times I am misjudged.. I will always know that the person standing in front of the mirror... was... is.. and will always stay a WARRIOR!!