MIRRORED()DERORRIM

By others' action I feel kindness, generosity, selflessness.
By others' words I hear appreciative thoughts and well wishes.
By others' presence I feel clothed in a sense of warmth and gratitude.

But on the outside i also see greed, jealousy, selfishness
I hear voices evil and unkind, I sometimes want to curl and hide.
Many a time I can't escape fear and a sense of deep sadness.

It is difficult to assimilate that
What it is I feel and hear in the outside world
Are actually the voices inside of me.
For I have the capacity and capability
To mirror what is going on inside of me!

When I see kindness
It is the kindness in me, I see being played out in the outside world.
When I hear words of consolation or appreciation
I am focusing on that aspect in me.

Yes on the same plane
I hear evil words and other negative behavior
These aspects in me that drain my energies
That need pruning and if possible uprooting.

So the more I pay attention to the kindness and goodness in me,
The more I am going to see it in the outside world.
For I am after all mirroring myself
In others who I see and meet!


Rama Shyam