I’ve always heard the expression that people come into your
life to reflect parts of yourself you may not be familiar with. Things you
like, things you don’t like. A glimpse of who you really are behind the layers
of expectations you have and you fulfill. We’ve come to exist in a world that
subliminally teaches us everything we believe. How we should feel, what we
should like, what life and love should be.
The mirror gets steamed up pretty quickly with images of the “perfect
life” the “perfect person”.
I have been blessed with the gift of many mirrors in my
life. People who have joined me on various parts of my journey, every one left
footprints on my heart and truly left me changed. Awakened. Most recently I had the chance to spend a weekend with a friend who has been in my life for a few years now. With this person, I have always been able to be me. I have shared my hopes, my dreams, my goals, my fears, my pain. I have called him in tears over my heart break and confusion in life, my fears and moments when life has overwhelmed me. For the longest time I felt sad that it always seemed to be me who was benefitting from this friendship. Today my friend thanked me. He felt he had been the one to gain. More importantly, he shared all the reasons he adores me. The most incredible thing has happened. He described my soul. Words I’d never heard. A reflection of what I put out to the world when I am just being me.
Another reminder of how much simpler and happier life can be when I find the strength to stand naked in my own skin before a world that cleverly convinces me to wear a million masks. My heart is full tonight with gratitude for the years of practice and enlightenment, encouragement, strength and love this friendship has brought my life.
I have spent so many years looking for love to come from specific places. But it has been all around me all along. I just haven’t been brave enough to let it in…to clear the steam and look directly in the mirror.
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