A Heartfelt Image

Krishna Das once said, ~The heart is like a mirror. When we dust it off, we are able to see ourselves. The dust is all our stuff - guilt, anger - this stuff is reflected back to us. Practice removes dust from the mirror our hearts.~ If you think about it, when it comes to matters of the heart in regards to true happiness a person living the single life would most definitely want to meet a guy/girl who is able to reflect back a similar image or images in hopes of mirroring a strong, worthwhile relationship. For it's certainly a tough and not to mention frustrating situation indeed in meeting someone who exactly reflects a mirror image of some, most, and/or all aspects of a potential/significant relationship without the possibility of those images turning out to be absolutely deceptive.

Without a doubt, when you're living the single life, being able to meet a potential future best friend for life who is able to exactly reflect back mirror images of what's in your own heart back to you is considered to be a dream come true. Essentially, its those images that have a clear representation of trust, faith, hope, respect, honor, intimacy, honesty, understanding, patience, communication, commitment, etc. one wants to see reflected in his/her heart. True, it can instantly be seen in some whereas for others it may take time or none at all depending on the guy/girl in question. Of course, you don't want to end up being someone who sees only what one wants to see, whereby deceiving yourself into believing the images of quality attributes/aspects previously mentioned were never there to begin with.

As said before, the tough and frustrating part of living the single life is finding out the reflective images seen within a guy/girl of interest's heart turned out to be absolutely deceptive. Thinking about it further, it's a sad state of affairs when an individual finds himself/herself mentally, emotionally, personally, physically, as well as spiritually fooled by the truly deceptive images reflected back leading to the gradual dark stain of utter heartbreak, Unfortunately, experiencing that type of being constantly fooled is considerably embarrassing thus causing their own mirrored heart to lose its luster/shine as it is gradually covered with dust/smudges/scratches/cracks representing doubt, fear, worry, frustration, disappointment, anger, guilt, confusion, contempt, bitterness, etc.

Let me ask this question to those living the single life as it pertains to looking within the mirror of one's own heart. Have any of you lost the ability to see yourself because of how gradually dark and stained it has become? Oftentimes, the loss of one's self due to the darkened stains of unfortunate heartbreak leads any individual to forget who they're staring at, in a manner of speaking. Essentially, this unfortunately leads a person to all intents and purposes to see the mirror opposite of who they really are in the reflective heart of a bad relationship thus being blinded by the red flags of deception. What it primarily comes down to is being reminded who and how strong you are with the help of best buds/gal pals by your side to where you'll hopefully see yourself clearly once again.

Someone said, ~Work on being in love with the person in the mirror who has been through so much but is still standing.~ In retrospect, it's a really astounding thought of how many images a person sees from within the mirror of their own heart on a daily basis as it involves love/true love. Granted, it's also the negative painful/hurtful reflective images along with it that makes the duality of it all quite difficult/challenging in keeping a more positively clean instead of negatively messy outlook. In other words, don't quit because you're just plain tired. In the end, hold on to the thought of one day seeing the possibility of a heartfelt image reflected back in someone who helps you work in becoming who you want to be every time you look literally and metaphorically at yourself in the mirror.