The Bird in the Mirror

As I looked out the door of the church a couple of days ago I witnessed a most interesting sight.  What I saw was a cardinal that had found a mirror on one of the vehicles.  He had no place to light and look, so he kept fluttering right in front of the mirror as long as he could then he would sit on the mirror for a moment then duck down and flutter in the mirror again.  It did not take long to understand that the bird was having trouble figuring out what he was seeing in the mirror.  He likely thought there was another cardinal he was seeing.  One thing is certain...he had no true idea that as he looked in the mirror he was seeing himself.  How about that?  I wonder if anyone reading this has ever had a similar dilemma.  Have you ever looked in the mirror and wondered who it was that was looking back at you?  You have seen yourself, but are having trouble figuring out exactly who you are?  It happens.  I wonder if the bird had been able to find a perch and look at himself for a bit, if he might have figured out what was happening.  Who knows?  But this much I know. When we stop and carefully look at ourselves, it is much more likely that we will be able to figure out who we really are! 

Finding out...

I wanted to know...so I asked.  For me, it is much better to know the answer than to surmise wrongly.  What am I talking about?  It doesn't really matter does it?  I have learned through the years that when anything, and I do mean anything, is unclear, it is better to know than to keep on wondering, and thus wandering throuht the land of the unknown.  So I just ask.  Not bluntly, or crudely.  But with genuine, sincere desire to know.  You might try that too.  There is way too much assuming that goes on in this life.  People think they know why people act a certain way, or why things are the way they are, when all the while there are things going on that may be completely opposite what we think they are.  Laboring under illusions, or living in misperception is a sad experience.  There may be only a short distance between what you believe and the truth.  That distance may be covered by simply asking.  Try it.  What do you have to lose other than your wrong idea.