Reflections
From Brigid The Mirror
Aloneness:
You are never
truly alone
The voice
within is always accessible...
Listen and
you will hear it
and remember
that
silence is
sometimes an answer.
Approval:
During times
of momentous changes
Others may
not be ready to acknowledge
the growth
they are witnessing in you.
If you do
not receive support from those around you
seek guidance
and support from within.
Often this
is the only guidance and support available.
Assertiveness:
We become
our own worst enemy
when we refuse
to recognize that
we can change
any situation
simply by
taking control of ourselves.
This may require
giving up
the familiar
for the unknown.
Conformity:
Do not strive
to be a conformist.
Discover your
own true value
and trust
your own way.
Not everyone
will agree with your thinking
but one of
the greatest joys in life
is to machete
through the road less traveled.
Counseling:
Do not allow
the burdens of others
to become
your burdens
for this robs
them of
their own
karmic lessons.
Giving guidance
and counsel to another
does not mean
accepting their burdens as your own.
Discriminate
the difference.
Decision
Making:
It is better
to make a decision and correct it should it prove wrong
than to remain
passive and be immobile.
It is not
important in the long run what happens to us,
what is important
and what will be remembered
is how we
react to what happens.
Emotion:
The moment
we succumb to the energy of emotion
we become
an effect rather than a cause
Emotion is
different from feeling:
emotion is
passive; feeling is aggressive.
Emotion creates
chaos; feeling nurtures truth.
Do not let
your emotions rule or determine your feelings.
Empowerment:
No one can
have power over us
unless we
empower them to do so.
Never allow
others to tell you how you feel.
Freedom:
Being free
means knowing exactly who you are,
What you have
to offer the universe
and what you
want in return.
Cherish your
right to freedom,
guard it vehemently.
It is worth
whatever price you must pay.
Hope:
Dare to dream
and feel the profound energy
created by
hope.
Use that energy
to manifest your true desire.
Humility:
Humility is
a natural effect of life's trials,
but humility
does not supersede
trust and
belief in one's intuition.
Listen to
know...
hear to find
the truth within.
Interaction:
Relying on
people and cooperating with people
are two very
different things.
Learn to cooperate
with others
yet rely only
upon yourself.
Ultimately
you will be your own best friend
or your own
worst enemy.
Be kind in
your assessment of yourself
for it is
better to have a friend
than an enemy.
Listening:
Learn to listen
to what remains unsaid
so that you
will know the truth
that lies
beyond the spoken word.
Manifestation:
The most difficult
task in manifestation,
even more
difficult than faith and belief,
is knowing
what you really want.
Objectivity:
Observe all
things objectively.
Play life
as a active participant rather than an audience.
Be a cause
rather than an effect.
Obstacles:
Obstacles
are part of the natural flow of life.
This is the
balance.
Look upon
obstacles as challenges,
a means to
practice your true worth.
opt for reaction
opt for action
then move
on.
Original
Thought:
It is far
easier to think along the lines
of what others
present and perceive as truth
than to search
for our own way.
We must be
willing to seek
our own truths
and
live with
what we find.
Progress:
Each day we
must follow a course of actions
that brings
us closer
even if only
in the smallest steps
to our life
goals.
Responsibility:
We hold ourselves
back
by refusing
to take responsibility for ourselves
and blaming
others for our actions.
Accept responsibility
for your actions.
Stop blaming
others and
you will learn
much more about yourself.
Remember,
however, to take responsibility only
for that for
which you are truly responsible.
Sacrifice:
Learn
to give up that which
is no longer
necessary for growth
so that you
might gain
that which
you truly need.
Be willing
to relinquish
the people
and things
that hold
you back.
Make room
for those
who help you
move forward
and who value
and believe in you.
Self
Trust:
UnswayIng
trust in ones intuition
is the greatest
tool upon which you can rely.
The time has
long passed
when you doubt
what you hear in your soul.
Stagnation:
Life stagnates
only if we permit it to do so.
Change requires
transformation, sometimes sacrifice.
Be willing
to give in order to gain.
Success:
Success requires
equal doses of
Faith, self-discipline
and awareness.
Discrimination
is the ability
to discern
one thing from another.
It requires
knowing what one needs
and not settling
for anything less.
This necessitates
seeing clearly
and choosing
slowly.
Discrimination
is necessary
to attain
our greatest potential.
Taking
Chances:
When you stop
loving and clinging to the familiar,
wonders await
you.
The most difficult
task you will ever undertake
begins with
the smallest steps.
Even if you
only venture forth slowly,
you are at
least moving.
You could
be on the most perfect spiritual path
and be run
over if you stand still.
Continual
momentum from within and/or without
is what is
required.
Tolerance:
Allow for
the opinions of others
even if they
are unwilling
or unable
to allow for
yours.
The best way
to teach someone about your path
is to truly
live it.
To be heard
loudly and clearly,
speak softly.
Self-awareness
begins with self observations.
Unconscious
Manifestation:
We unerringly
create for ourselves
what we need
and want and deserve
on the most
basic, unseen level.
Sometimes,
the outer world seems too strong
for our inner
desire to overcome.