Steps to Intimacy: All the World is My Mirror

Who’s The Fairest Of Them All?

Who am I in this reflection?

When we look out at our world and are disgruntled, find fault, and disparage others, the environment or the situation, that negativity is a reflection of something inside of us that we are judging and disapproving of. We are seeing just one aspect and making it the whole. We are painting the entire canvas with this one dark color. Then we pronounce it not the fairest of them all. In this verdict are we being fair?

Let’s go easy on our self and the other who is only a reflection of who we are. Let’s accept this image of our self right now. This is the reality right now and to resist it only upsets our inner peace. We can choose to be and act differently in the next moment. And in this shift so too does our world shift and offer us a new reflection. We can continue to shift in small steps or in one radical leap until we are happy with the reflection.

When we look out at our world and are pleased, grateful, appreciative, we are reflecting the brilliance of creation and reveling in it. We are extending this light to the whole. Our canvas becomes awash with color. And we pronounce it the fairest of them all. In this verdict we are truly being fair because we are seeing our true self. Looking for the best in our self and others presents us with the gift of a joyful world.

Our creative self loves difference and delights in variety. Consider how many species are present on this planet. Each has its niche and its singular importance in the whole. When we regard each reflection as having its rightful place, we acknowledge its contribution to the whole. Through inclusiveness we experience the closeness of intimacy. And in our acceptance we expand our freedom.

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