Mirror mirror on the wall, show me a secret, not if I’m short, not if I’m tall.
Mirror mirror on the wall,
Give me the insight to love, to love one to love all.

They used to scry with bodies of water – peer at their reflection until their psyche, or the spirits, were revealed and spoke to them in the language of prophecy or riddles.  And then mirrors were used.

Something happens when you look deep into a mirror.  Deep.  Beyond the reflection.  Beyond the need for a hairbrush.  Beyond the application of lipstick.

Gaze into your looking glass and see what you can see.  Alice stepped through.  You can too.  There’s another world in there.  It may look like this one or not. Animals might talk. So might trees.  The dead might gather with messages of love or ones of warning.  You might see a secret path and the way out of a problem that wasn’t there before.

Perhaps the glass will waver and mists swirl.  What do you want to learn from the mirror?

I want to learn that my body is a small part of who I am.  That beyond my body, into my innermost being, there exists purpose that goes beyond pain and limitations.  That my body is temporary and my spirit eternal. I want to realize that though my body is failing, I am not.  I am well along the path to wisdom.

My innermost self, the me that I protect from this place called reality is not the illusion.  The refection is.  The Bible says Through a Glass Darkly. 

Yes. 

You must look closely. Gaze into your eyes.  We’ve been told they are windows to the soul.  We can see another’s thoughts in their eyes.  Witness their emotions even if we don’t know why, even if we don’t understand why.  We can detect anger.  Impatience. Love.  Joy.  Boredom.  Eyes reveal.

Look at your own.  Fall into them.  Beyond the color – blue, brown, green, hazel. What do your own eyes tell you?

If you see pain, love yourself more.  If you see anger, love others more.  If you see impatience, give yourself grace. If you see joy, give it away. If you see resolve, follow through.

Mirror mirror on the wall. . .