We humans are mirrors for each other. The traits we recognize in each other are often the traits we have chosen to experience in this life. We commonly share specific traits with others. Sometimes if we appear to be the only one with a trait, it is because we have volunteered to try it out, to see how it handles and to allow our friends to see what it looks like. More frequently, there are others in our family or neighborhood with the same or similar traits which serve as connecting points. We resonate with people like us.

      When this writer's mate was in junior high, he and a Cherokee cousin would race each other on a track at a local high school. One day, the track coach noticed them and timed them with a stop watch. They had world class running times. They were entered in NYC city wide high school competition and usually came in first and second with the Cherokee besting the M'hican. M'hicans are not known primarily for speed but for endurance and distance. They served as Ben Franklin's postal force, delivering same day correspondence daily to/from G. Washington to the Continental Congress et al during the Revolutionary War. They ran long distances from places such as Albany, NY to Philadelphia, about 230 miles in a day. They used a two step, an indigenous method of running. This is known to various nations in various styles, such as the Mobile trot or Alabama two step. It enables one to run for hours with little effort.

      It was routinely used in moving from winter homes to berry picking locations in the spring. The Lenape used it to travel the Great White Way [Broadway] to visit relatives in Mongolia. Lenapes are one of the few people that actually visited Asia traveling over land and ice by sleigh on foot.

      This writer learned to run this way by running next to her husband. Others running with them also picked it up. This seems to be another human characteristic. We pick up the behaviors of others without thinking. This may cause difficulty if the actions are not beneficial.

      These traits we share with others can be physical, mental, emotional and/or spiritual. They may be skills, abilities, preferences, likes or dislikes, reactions, choices, etc.

      We mirror one another. What we see in each other we recognize from seeing in ourselves. Whether we think it is good, bad, or neutral depends on how we like it in self. This is useful because sometimes we don't see it in self. We don't see the trait to the point of totally ignoring it. This may be true for both what we consider to be good and not so good traits. What we consider good is what we resonate with. What we judge to be not so good is what repels us.

      Things we feel more neutral about may be what we have been taught to like or dislike by others but which we may have no strong feelings about one way or another.

      People, for instance, may have strong opinions about political parties. They may go to the extreme of hating members of one party and liking all members of another. However, we may see that some members of each party behave in a manner we can respect and appreciate while others behave in a manner that may be criminal and to the detriment of all. Making broad judgements in this way does not seem to be useful nor beneficial. We, however, may see, that allowing certain behavior is good while tolerating other behavior is not.

      This is the basis for laws.

      We have made rules, for example, for driving vehicles. We erect signs and signals to control the flow of traffic. Some people readily follow these. Others do not. How we react to the different behaviors shows us a picture of self. Most are happy to see traffic flowing.

      However, when there are interruptions, people react in different ways. Some try to smooth the energy so everything returns to working order quickly. Others get upset and only add to the confusion. Others attempt to benefit from a situation for their own purposes. And some pretend it doesn't matter.

      How we react in a traffic event mirrors how we respond to other events in life. Do we try to improve it, benefit from it, make it worse, or ignore it in hopes it will go away, etc. Each reaction may be appropriate in various situations.

      Our reaction to another’s action is a sign to us of its importance. A strong emotional reaction indicates it is worth looking into. Why are we having a strong reaction? Is it to the action? Or the doer? Do we react in the same way to others doing the same action? Or only this one? These are clues.

      Being aware of how we mirror may help us to see each situation from differing perspectives enabling us to see a new way of responding. It may help us to better see how to break an old pattern.

      One of the best ways we serve each other is by mirroring. We’re not able to buy a mental, emotional, or spiritual mirror. So far they only exist in fairy tales.

      Looking at events, seeing how others react, and seeing our self in the picture may inspire us to try a new action.

      As children of the Light we mirror the Light. We are Light and reflect it for all to see, in our eyes, in our faces, in our actions.

      Our choice.