Mirrors reflect our own images. If you will recall the Greek Mythology you learned in high school, you might remember a fellow who spurned the affections of the nymph named “Echo,” because he had fallen in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. His name was Narcissus, and he now has a flower named after him. The word “narcissistic” stems from the same root.

Now we fast forward to the year 1812 when the story cheap canadian cialis online was written. Remember the words, “Mirror, mirror, on the wall, Who’s the fairest of them all?”

A more modern version of the above is a scary thought for most women. It goes like this, “Mirror, mirror, on the wall, I am my Mother, after all.” It seems to be true that, as women age, they sometimes pick up their mother’s more quirkier habits. Believe me, I speak from experience and “scary” isn’t even the word! I freak out when my son tells me that I am getting to be just like “you know who.”

Why is it that we have a fascination with our own images? Are we all narcissistic and too much in love with ourselves? To a degree, self-esteem is really a healthy thing. People who are consumed with self-loathing are unhappy people. However, there has to be a balance between too much and too little.

In my opinion, the only true mirror cannot be bought, sold, or found. The only really important mirror is the self-reflection of what is in our souls and in our hearts. At the end of the day, we have to account to ourselves and no one else because we are responsible for our own actions. If we have acted in good faith and with good intentions, then there is nothing about which to worry.

Sometimes, a mirror of ourselves is the inadvertent one, for example, a reflection in our own true love’s eyes, or an image reflected in a pane of window glass that we catch a glimpse of, on a busy street.

What would we do without mirrors? After all, we want to make sure our hair is combed right! Ultimately, there is only one mirror that counts, and that is our reflection in God’s eyes. I can easily say that because I believe it, but, again, that is only my opinion.

The trouble with mirrors is that while we are using them, we are centering only on ourselves, rather than other people. Only in reaching out to others can we transcend our own narcissistic feelings and our self-centered belief that the world should revolve around us.

Be ever mindful of what you do, and carefully consider what you hope to accomplish. Whether you gain or lose by your actions, you will always have to account to yourself.

Do something fun this week!

Patricia

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