When it appears that the world outside is losing its mind, I say, let it; perhaps some mind-less living is what is needed…maybe what we ‘need’ is something that cannot be solved within the thinking mind…maybe what our world requires is some ‘thing’ more akin to feeling; maybe what we need is Love – A Love that is rooted in the sacred, often unexplainable connection to each other; a sort of Love where we can turn to a stranger (aka we just don’t know we friends yet) and say ‘I Love you, I see you, I hear you, I understand you, I know you because I am you;’ a sort of Love that honors the sentiment, ‘Love thy neighbor as thy self.’

And often times we live in a world where we don’t do just that…’Love thy Self’. And it is when we experience lack of self-love, times of doubt, and isolation, where the ‘other,’ the mirror, is vital, and in fact, crucial for survival…it is in the experience of a friendly face, a reassuring smile, a hug from a ‘stranger’ when we can truly feel our Self because, let’s face it, we are connected. We are One. Together, we not only survive, we thrive.