"Through the Looking Glass..."

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you." -  Rumi

     If you need to seek the truth about a personal issue or problem, look in the mirror.  There are moments when I am sitting in front of a mirror, putting on my makeup or fixing my hair and I look and marvel at what my face is showing me.  You can run but you can't hide from what your face, and in particular your eyes are telling you.

     If we are paying close attention, we are shown a great deal.  Through the years, I have to admit that I wasn't paying that close attention.  Now I do.  I see each and every worry line and wrinkle.  The ones I developed leaving home for good and renting my first apartment. On the day I got married, I remember after my hair and makeup were done, I looked in the mirror and hardly recognized myself.  Who was this risk-taker? 

     Your face shows every success, every painful event, every milestone.  The eyes are the truth-sayers.  They never lie.  As I am forced to look in the mirror, I see all the fears, the tears and the adventures that I have had the privilege to have and the ones I long to take before it's too late. It is our face that tells us what we need to do when we are faced with a problem or at a crossroads and know full well that change is eminent.  If we look closely, we see visibly what we need to do. The face in the mirror, has lost and won. Grieved and screamed with laughter.   

     Our eyes show perspective.  When we are not healthy, they show us that too.  Try as we might, we can't ignore what we see in the mirror.  The wounds, inside and out, like the joy are visible.  If we have the courage, and let go of the pain, we see a new light come into the eyes.  

     And it's funny or maybe not, when you run into someone you haven't seen a loved one in quite a while and the first thing that happnes is you get the verbal report..."You look great!" or "You look tired. Are you all right?"  The face, the eyes tell all and I believe that if we paid more attention to a loved one's face, we would know all that we need to know and haven't been told.