Reflection
What is the meaning of the word ‘reflection’?
According to the dictionary, there are some explanations for ‘reflection’ such as:
- n. the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material)
- n. a remark expressing careful consideration
- n. a calm lengthy intent consideration
- n. the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface
- n. the ability to reflect beams or rays
- n. expression without words; "tears are an expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart’s condition”
- n. a likeness in which left and right are reversed
- n. act of casting back a mirror image; act of sending back energy from a surface; state of being reflected; image that is reflected; idea, concept; thought, notion; act of placing blame, accusation
For me, reflection, is when I stand in front of the mirror, watching myself… and think… who am I? And what have I done? There’s a time when I don’t know myself at all, because I’m too busy thinking of what the people around have done… we thought we know how other people should do in their life… how on earth I think I know what other people should do in their life… when I don’t know what should I do in my life… a lumber in my eyes I cannot see, but a dust in others I can see…
It’s the time for me… to learn to listen to my heart… to my conscience… AGAIN… to see what is life all about for myself… to know what is my final purpose… which path to follow, to reach my own destiny… instead of trying to interfere others on what they have to do in their lives…
The past has passed… the future not yet come…
It’s about today… to do the right thing according to what your heart tells you to do… so there will be no regret, when I have to die today…
"Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself," the alchemist replies. "And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity." – The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho
