Sometimes in life we may make choices that find no mirror of acceptance from anyone. Then, for the sake of our psychological and spiritual health, we need either to seek out a support system from which to receive mirroring or to stand alone and trust ourselves when there is no support to be found. Can I stand in the moonlight and feel its reflection as nature’s mirroring of me, and let that be enough for now? Healthy adults appreciate those who mirror what was left unmirrored in childhood. Unhealthy adults try to siphon what they need from others. In mature relating we find people who mirror
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