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Reflections

I used to live in a room full of mirrors
All I could see was me
Well I took my spirit and I crashed my mirrors
Now the whole world is here for me to see
~Room Full of Mirrors, Jimi Hendrix

Harry Heltzer invented a new way of making reflective signs for use on our nation’s highways. Thank Harry next time you arrive safely after navigating your way during a nighttime drive.

Reflective highway signs leads us to reflect on reflective surfaces closer to home - a wee little something we call mirrors. Unless of course you are Kilgore Trout in which case you’d call them leaks. Kilgore you see was convinced that mirrors were really doorways to other universes. Telling Kilgore that you were going to take a leak naturally led him to think you were off stealing mirrors.

Reflecting is also something we do with lives, ideas, &etc. For example, Winnie The Pooh had his “Thotful Spot” where a bear of very little brain could reflect on things. Sometimes after a serious bit of talk or a good moral lesson you just need to retire to your thoughtful spot.

An old Cherokee was teaching his grandchildren about life. He said to them, “A battle is raging inside me … it is a terrible fight between two wolves. One wolf represents fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority and ego. The other stands for joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, friendship, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.”

The old man fixed the children with a firm stare. “This same fight is going on inside you, and inside every other person, too.”

They thought about it for a minute and then one child asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win?”

The old Cherokee replied: “The one you feed.”

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