If Life is a Mirror…, What Are You Reflecting?
Life’s reflections can change our lives if we’re willing to look into them.
I have everything arranged, off to the beach I go.
But…
The day before my fun-filled beach day I’m taking a walk and whoa…my back feels like an elephant just fell on it.
So here I am on my supposedly play date sitting in my office, trying not to move too much, writing about my date instead of having it.
“What’s up with that?”
In the stillness of my heart, I hear – What’s back there?
Back where?
Back where you don’t want to go?
My mind registers recent client conversations.
Uh…what’s my back pain and recent sessions have to do with each other?
As I quickly mind-scan my recent sessions I’m jolted with an obvious point: Lately, there has been a running “theme” with my clients.
Quietly with breath…ah yes, ACCEPTANCE.
I breathe deeply. Playdate, back pain, acceptance…I need the pieces to fit.
To make certain I’m tuned into my purely receptive heart and not my chatty mind, I continue to focus on my breathing.
Deeply reverberating, much like echoes in a canyon, I hear: Life is a mirror, life is a mirror, life is a mirror.
As the fullness of the message affectingly oozes into my consciousness, out loud I ask:
“What am I not accepting!?”
Immediately I see a vision of myself looking into my large bathroom mirror.
The “knowing” of what to do is unquestionable…I walk into my bathroom and look into my reflection.
Deep breath. Unblinking stare. Major Revelation!
I’m afraid to ACCEPT that life can be JOYOUS, that playdates are ALLOWED and that I can have EVERYTHING I want!
With a big out-breath, I smirk back at my reflection…okay got it.
Now what?
My heart reveals - It’s time to affirm a new belief; it’s time to ACCEPT that I can have everything I want.
The big question – HOW?
How do I affirm and believe what I affirm? Having everything is a lot of acceptance!
I resist the notion that having everything is truly possible. After all, EVERYTHING!
I mean, I have a huge imagination, wild in fact. My everything goes beyond the scope of the earthly plane.
Does everything include bigger, brighter experiences in the Celestial Realm? Can I swing with the stars? Can I dance with the fairies? Or what about levitate or bi-locate?
I breathe, deeply. It’s my habit.
An arousing thought - baby steps.
Hmm, so all I have to do is be willing to take baby steps.
Once again, I look deeply into the mirror (my reflection) and claim aloud, “I joyously accept having everything I want!”
A smidgen of hope surfaces. As if a light turns on low.
I’ll take the dim light.
I’ll baby-step my way through.
Heck, I’ll tip-toe if necessary.
But what I won’t do, I won’t stop here. Right here where I’m questioning if everything is possible.
Because – what would that get me. Surely not EVERYTHING.
Yep, I know that’s there’s more underneath that will reveal itself. (Maybe a lot more)
But if I’m willing to baby-step my way through the underneath, the revealing will begin, and who knows, I may just baby-step my way through to having EVERYTHING!
It’s worth a shot.
Thanks so much for being here with me.
With full acceptance, (hey, a girls gotta start somewhere)
Gloria
P.S. Check out this irony…later that day after looking into my all-telling reflection, and committing to mirror affirming, I watch a short video of Louis Hay. She looks into the host’s mirror and positively affirms her cuteness, then talks about finding her “ding” by looking into the mirror.
Inner Joy Compass writing prompt:
You may want to take a day (or several days) and ponder on this question, or you may want to do what I did, and look in the mirror (eye to eye) and out loud ask:
What is my life mirror reflecting back to me?
Would love to hear about yours.
Life’s reflections can change our lives if we’re willing to look into them.