We are all mirrors

We give ourselves labels: adult, mother, teacher, lawyer, man, human, brother, sad, tired, elated, hungry. We identify with these things. But in order to identify with these labels we have to make up a story that isn't necessarily true. We have to believe in the illusion of time. We have to say... in the past I was born, then I grew up, and NOW I'm an adult. Can you prove that all these things happened? The only real truth is that you are here now. And in this moment all you can really say is "I am". That is the truth of you. I'm not saying we shouldn't label ourselves. We're here to choose our reality. We're here to sift through the potential universe and choose who we want to be in any given moment. But when we define ourselves... we define the world around us. We are all mirrors.

So to change the world, you have to change yourself. Clean off the mirror so the reflection has more clarity. So you can see the full beauty. When you feel good, the world looks like an amazing place. People are pleasing to you. Situations are pleasant. When you believe that the world is broken for one reason or another you have smeared mud on your mirror. The truth is that you are whole and the world is whole. The truth is that you are in exactly the perfect place that you should be in and the world is in exactly the perfect state that it should be in. The truth is that everything is just as it should be. The truth is that there is a stream of well-being so strong that you have to work hard to NOT feel it. And when you do you feel like things are terribly wrong... and they are. Because you are making up a story and believing it.

It's not wrong to make up sad stories about yourself and the world. When you make up stories it has no effect on anyone else.. other than the effect others let it have on them. It has a direct effect on you. But you have a choice. You are choosing the stories. Life isn't happening to you. You are happening to it. Make up a story you like telling and you will see a world you are happy to live in.

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