I have recently met someone who is such a wonderful mirror . He has an uncanny ability to take clear snaposhots of me and reflect them back to me so that I can see myself in ways I hadn't thought to look before.
Yesterday he reflected something I wasn't too happy to see. At first. It took me a little by surprise. My first instinct was to thank him. My second was to run away and be by myself and take time to make sense of it. I have learnt that in life gifts show up in the most unexpected places and sometimes it is difficult to know what the gift is until you take time to unwrap the layers that conceal it. When something breaks through my veneer of calm and shakes me, I know that I have received a wonderful gift even if it is not clear at that moment, and appreciating it for what it is allows me to unwrap my gift and discover the treasures within.
The problem with people who haven't known you for a long time is that they don't always stick to your script. They have a way of crossing the lines and venturing into unexplored territory.
I ran away to be by myself. He followed me. I couldn't shake him off. I guessed he still had more gifts to give.
He did.
He told me a story, another reflection, of who I am. Every morning, he said, I built a wall around myself, brick by brick and went out into the world. And I came across all sorts of people and experiences and I let them come close, but now too close. I stood behind my wall the whole entire time. The interesting thing about me though was that while my wall kept people at a distance, he had learned that if he left a gift by my doorstep, I would eventually at some point during the day, get out from behind my wall and open it, and I would take what I wanted and leave the rest behind.
I loved that story. That is so me.
So now I have two gifts.
Thank you S.
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