6 Degrees Of Me

Life is really funny.  It has a way of acting as a mirror for what is going on inside of you, a way of reflecting who you are as a person in every aspect of your life.  Take your crazy friend for instance.  Yes, you have a crazy friend — or multiple crazy friends — we all do.  Why is it that bad things keep happening to that person? Why is it that the world is constantly imploding around that person? And just when you think things will pick up for them or they’ve grown a bit and moved forward in their life, the “same old same” rears its ugly head?

It’s the mirror at work.  The internal universe reflecting externally.  The self loathing and constant abuse that your crazy friend lives with day in and day out also manifests itself in their external life.

The flip side is also true.  My girlfriend will sometimes bring up our relationship and how she’s so glad we found each other. She claims that I changed her — that she was immature, spiteful, and malicious before she met me and that meeting me and being around me changed her.  Untrue (except for the immature, spiteful and malicious part … the fact is that she changed — she changed on the inside and the new reflection shows her to not possess any of those characteristics.  I don’t know that spiteful person. I never did.  In fact I wouldn’t have ever shown up in her life if she hadn’t changed first.

The mirror traverses relationships and can be applied to other areas of your life.  For example, diet and health.  Let’s talk about my diet and health.  I exercise regularly, eat a sensible diet, and generally take fantastic care of myself.  If you were to look at my self image mirror you would see just that — healthy, fit, and somewhat vain stud, who likes the way he looks and feels and strives to maintain it.

So if you’re looking to lose substantial weight or even just get lean and fit the key isn’t to exercise and eat a sensible diet.  That’s really the aftereffect of the mirror.  The real key is who you are inside. I’m a lean healthy person inside.  That’s how I’ve always seen myself since I was a little kid.  The exercise and diets are really just biproducts of my internal vision.

How do you see yourself?  Are you as happy as you want to be? Are you as successful at work or your business as you feel you should be? Are you content with the way you treat your wife, girlfriend, kids,friends,etc?  Even more telling — are you happy with the way the treat you? If not it may be time to pull out the Windex and buff up that mirror.

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