an observation on the positive soul mirror

["David Yeh" <ldreamr@...>]

I was talking with my fiancee today about the reasons I didn't like 
being with my parents and extended family. As I was listing the 
things I have had to learn from being with them -- things like, 
learning how to lie about myself without showing it, to protect 
myself from others' violent emotions, etc. -- I realized that despite 
the negativity of my experiences, the resulting traits are actually 
quite positive. I had been kind of blocked on progress in working on 
my positive soul mirror, and I realized that I have been mainly 
trying to list traits I observe in myself when things are going 
smoothly, and that many if not most positive traits are the ones that 
are developed to help us survive and thrive in challenging 
situations. Very interesting.

I don't have a question, but I just thought I would share. I hope 
this isn't going off-topic.


Thanks,
David