MIRROR MIRROR
As I finished a nice conversation with my wife on Saturday morning,
and was starting to feel a little better about myself...
I got up and walked to the bathroom...
On my way there I passed the MIRROR...
"You need to lose those 10 pounds Nestor"... I heard my mind thinking...
"You are looking older"...
I walked by my closet, "You have got to tidy up your clothes... your closet is a mess"... my mind continued.
"You really need to get some work done today..."
I came back to bed and replayed in my mind the various comments that I had just made to myself...
That feeling "better" had almost instantly disappeared.
Nonsense... Disharmony... Wastefulness...
I was reminded of SNOW WHITE and the Wicked Witch...
"MIRROR MIRROR on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?"
What question AM I asking everyday in the mirror?
What question SHOULD I be asking?
MIRROR MIRROR on the WALL... WHO IS THE LUCKIEST MAN I KNOW?
I am alive... I am the one that got to live!
How could I possibly go to needing to lose 10 pounds, before acknowledging that I am the one that got to live? I got the muscles that worked. I have gotten to live to almost 49 years old. Ana died at 8! Dee died at 15! By the grace of GOD or simply of random luck... I GET TO LIVE!
I have three boys that are amazing, and loving, and smart, and HEALTHY!
I live FREE... in a country that provides me nothing but opportunity to grow, to explore and to thrive, all based on my ability to dream and make those dreams come true!
I get to LIVE...
I get to FEEL STRONG and HEALTHY...
I get to see my BOYS grow...
I get to know the love of my wife... I get to enjoy all dimensions of her beauty.
I get to RUN a company and try to make it more than its ever been...
I get to live in a time of peace... in a time of greater justice and equality than the world has ever known...
What if I was handicapped?
What if I lived in a country where opportunities didn't abound?
What if my boys weren't healthy?
What if I didn't have the intellect and the where-with-all to run a company?
What if I didn't like my job? What if I didn't have choices?
What if I didn't have great friends and great family to share it with?
What if I didn't have the opportunity or flexibility or means to work out, to set my schedule...
HOW LUCKY AM I ???
That is my TRUTH... that is the core of my DAYS and my moments...
MY GREAT FORTUNE!
THAT is MY TRUTH!
I AM BLESSED...
And, it is from there that I must start my days... my everything!
MIRROR MIRROR on the wall.... HELP ME SEE ALL THAT I AM...
HELP ME OWN DEEPLY ALL THAT I AM BLESSED WITH...
And, sure... I could lose 10 pounds... and I should...
But HOW could that POSSIBLY be what sets my tone?
Sure, I could be more organized and I should clean up my side of the room....
But, how could that possibly flavor my days?
MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL...
WHO IS THE LUCKIEST OF THEM ALL?
That is the question that I should be asking...
MIRROR MIRROR...
Look at me... standing up! THANK YOU!
Look at me... smiling! THANK YOU!
Look at me... living and learning...! THANK YOU!
Look at me... STRONG and GRATEFUL!
MIRROR MIRROR...
Thank you for the truth...
Thank you FOR TODAY!
Thank you for the harmony...
Nestor