The world around you?its people, places, and events?is a mirror. It shows you ?Who You Are.? It is of major importance that you fully understand and clearly picture this concept in your mind. The following examples will assist you in doing this.
Imagine a woman whose mind is very precise and ordered. Imagine that she is intelligent, neat in her habits, friendly, hardworking, and honorable. If you saw her home, it would be neat, clean, cheerful, nicely furnished, comfortable, and in good repair. You would see ?Who She Is? mirrored there. If she performed a task, you would see ?Who She Is? mirrored in her work. It would be well done and she would finish the task. If you asked her friends about her, you would hear ?Who She Is? mirrored in their descriptions of her. Everything about her?the way she carries herself, the way she dresses, the words she speaks, her actions?all mirror ?Who She Is.?
In your own life, if you were to critically observe where you live, your clothing, your possessions, your friends, your social situation, your financial situation, your love relationships, your physical condition, and everything you said and did, it would be as if you were looking into a huge mirror. It would show you ?Who You Are.? Suppose you purchased a small item and the change you received from the salesclerk was five dollars too much. Your immediate reaction, whether you kept the money or gave it back and how you later felt about your actions, would all mirror ?Who You Are.?
Suppose that you were involved in a highly emotional argument. How you conducted yourself would show you ?Who You Are.? Did you lose control, become vulgar, nasty, and abusive, or did you remain calm and polite? Suppose you had just won a race. Imagine all the excited spectators, cheering, shaking your hand, congratulating you. They are all mirroring your victory. Suppose you had won the same race, but you had cheated and some of the spectators knew it. Their angry protests, their hissing and booing would clearly mirror ?Who You Are.?
Scientists today are showing us another dimension to this mirror. They are proving, over and over again, that our physical bodies mirror what?s happening with our thoughts and feelings. Negative emotions, like depression or anxiety, have been shown to affect our immune system. Stress impedes wound healing. Fear or distress before surgery is related to things like longer hospital stays, more complications, and more rehospitalisation. Stress and anxiety cause our brains to release chemicals that put lines in our faces and tear us down emotionally and spiritually. Those are just a few of the ways that our feelings are mirrored in our body. Take a few minutes now and see your current circumstances?your physical condition, your emotional condition, your possessions, your financial condition, where and how you live, your relationships, the situations surrounding your life, and the way you believe other people see you?as mirrors showing you ?Who You Are.? This is an important step, so don?t flinch from doing this thoroughly. Put this down and visualise that now.
Because you are reading this, you know that there needs to be improvement in the conditions of your life. Although it may be difficult for you to objectively look at your life as mirroring ?Who You Are,? it is essential that you begin to look at your life in that way. The world actually is a mirror, and as you change, you will see everything around you changing as well, mirroring your changes.
?Chris Prentiss is the author of Be Who You Want, Have What You Want, published by Wisdom Tree