Stronger Than Impressions
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All life is a reflection. We are all images and our reflection defines the difference between our life's darkness and brightness. Our reflection is the impression of our truth. It mirrors our strength and weaknesses, our failures and triumphs - our wholeness . . .
When we open up our eyes, even more we find ourselves mirrored in almost every person we met.We are guilty too of our own imperfection. We are nothing but images and we can see our own glory or insignificance in our reflection. We see ourselves reflected and without speaking it confesses the secret of our soul . . .
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