Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Lessons from Broken Mirrors and Raging Candles

Some crazy $h!t went down on Saturday night:  My large vanity mirror fell and broke into pieces and then my roommate's candle was on the verge of burning the place down, which brought on a fear that I would not be able to escape my bedroom if a fire WERE to break out.
"What is the meaning of this?!" I thought.  Here is what came to me:

The mirror:  I needed a new perspective on life.  I needed to shift how I saw myself in the world.  I needed a different reflection.  And I needed to release all of the secrets that mirror kept.  She saw ten years of my life, some of them very difficult.  And that's not my life now.  I look different in my new mirror.  I like it.

The candle:  I needed security.  I needed to feel safe.  I needed to know that "this too shall pass" and I will survive on the other side of all challenges that life brings me.  I am in charge of the direction of my life and I not only have the power to light the candle, but the strength to put out the flame...when it's time.

It was a little sad picking up the pieces of my broken mirror.  But I had friends there who helped me, as I do in life when pieces of ME need to be picked up.  I was a little scared when I had to address and put out a raging candle that was two sparks from lighting up my roommate's bookshelf and clothes.  I had to be brave as I was home alone.  Some battles are fought alone, when you have to step up and show yourself how tough you really are.

And no, I don't believe in 7 years bad luck or whatever when you break a mirror.  Doors keep opening for me and I am so grateful.

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