Seeing the moon, full and brightly cream colored is a joy for most. When the full moon is reflected in a pool of water the joy is doubled.
Is the reflection less real?
How we reflect others and how others reflect us is much like the Moon's reflection in a pool.
In some ways, it is a simple truth and in more ways, how we reflect others is much more complex.
With complexity there is a need for compassion that is honest and clear.
How do we reflect the suffering in another? How do we reflect the successes of others?
These are questions, which for some may be rhetorical, are for others just part of the journey inside our true self.
How could any journey in the understanding of others be anything else?
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Which continent are you on? Are we talking about the connection reflection? Its out of our hands you know.
good questions.
When I high-five the junior higher who has just told me that he has gone all week without fighting at school, I am reflecting his success.
When I sit quietly and tears run down my cheeks as a young mother tells me of her history of abuse by the men in her life beginning at age 5, I am reflecting her sadness.
As a wise sage said, 'I am not the sun, I am the moon reflecting the sun'. I think when I remember my job is to be the moon, I am most helpful.
When one empathizes with another, that is the moon reflecting the light of the sun. When one laughs with another, that is the moon reflecting the light of the sun. When one returns the love of another, that is the moon and all the stars reflecting the light of the sun.