IF  YOU  DON’T  LIKE  WHAT  YOU  SEE,

 DON’T  LOOK  IN  THE  MIRROR

It’s the trip everyone needs to take,

but the very one we resist the most.      .      .

The journey to Mars or the middle of the Earth

are nothing compared to that GPS-less jaunt to that mysteriously haunting,

always harrowing expedition to the depths of

S       E       L       F

It really is the irony of all ironies, isn’t it?

We spend all of this time with ourselves.      .      .

I mean,

everyday and every second of every day,

right,

but it’s as if we don’t know ourselves at all sometimes, huh?

W  H  O       A  R  E       Y  O  U?

It’s not a rhetorical question so much,

but it’s amazing how we answer that question by telling people

WHAT    WE    DO,

WHERE    WE    LIVE,

WHAT    WE    WANTED    TO    DO    BUT.      .      .

and I don’t know.      .      .

that’s   not   really

WHO     WE     REALLY     ARE?

Sad part of all of this, of course,

is if we don’t really know ourselves all that well,

g    u    a    r    a    n    t    e    e    d,

neither   do   others

This may be the bad news,

but it doesn’t have to be any longer.       .        .

not if you are willing to take ‘

 T     H     A    T 

excursion to  S E L F

To be sure,

it’s a not-so-comfortable-always-easy-to-find-your-way-GPS-less voyage.

H  o  w  e  v  e  r,

this honest look-in-the-mirror-see-yourself-as-you-never-have-before-glance

isn’t as frightening as you have ever thought.        .        .

actually, it can truly be the

T  R  I  P       O  F       A       L  I  F  E  T  I  M  E!

FIVE      QUESTIONS:

1)  What do you really believe?   This isn’t a final Philosophy 101 exam where your answers will be posted for the Universe to see.  Is what you believe about Love, God, Spirituality, Life, Relationships YOUR BELIEFS or those that have been passed down to you from others?

2)  What do you value?  If someone were gushing about you, what would you feel best about what they would be saying?  What do you admire most and value best in another person.  Do you possess those qualities…do you really want to have them be YOU?

3)  What makes you the happiest?  Most of the time we think HAPPINESS is something that someone else is, but not really ever us.  So are you really doing/being what you want, or did you settle for the HAVE-TO, instead of your WANT-TO?

4)  What scars are still seeping?  HINT: Usually the things that still cause an emotion in us are the things that still need healing.  That’s NOT a bad thing…IT’S A REAL THING that you needed look away or try to cover up.  Healing takes time…sometimes a lifetime and THAT is what a LIFE TIME is about.

5)  What do you love about you?  No, we’re not going to get up and share what we’ve barely seen a glimpse of ourselves. . .but we rarely need a mirror to reflect what makes us shine the best.  You really do know your strengths, your successes, your attitudes, your friendships and relationships–what you are really thankful for in yourself.

Some of the best Company we’ve ever entertained is

O     U     R      S     E     L     V     E     S.      .      .

but TV,

radio,

mp3 players,

the Internet

or the Smart phone

has      kept      us      from      us.            .            .

LOVE     YOUR    NEIGHBOR    AS    YOURSELF

.      .      .is usually great advice unless we don’t love ourselves so well  

—which is not a virtue.       .       .

Psssssssssssssssst:

Your   Compassionate   Self   actually   begins   with

  s            e            l            f

The mirror is not always kind.     .     .

The expedition to

S                E                L                F

is not always the most pleasant of journey’s.     .     .

maybe that’s why we don’t take that venture too often

—-or   at   all—-

and maybe that’s just why we should;

You don’t need a Passport

You don’t need a Tripticket

You don’t need a GPS system

You don’t need.       .       .

much it seems on this trip except a willingness to travel

i n s i d e

Book that trip.        .        .

often.       .       .

for  you

for  others.      .      .

It’s   a   vacation   you’ll   never   have   to   return

 (n  o  r       s  h  o  u  l  d).

IF   YOU   DON’T   LIKE   WHAT   YOU   SEE,  

DON’T   LOOK   IN  THE   MIRROR                                                  

L  O  O  K         I  N  S  I  D  E                                                                                                                                                                                  

(THE   DEEPER   THE   BETTER)