This mirror tour has been one of my life's biggest experiments.
| Date | Name | Mirror | Location |
| 5/6/2015 | S B | Performer | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 5/8/2015 | C T | Leader | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 5/13/2015 | J D | World Healer | Nyland, Colorado |
| 5/14/2015 | A A-S | Creator | Denver, Colorado |
| 5/16/2015 | H H | Millionaire | Wichita, Kansas |
| 5/23/2015 | L F | Lightworker | Jameson, Missouri |
| 5/28/2015 | T M | Mother | Omaha, Nebraska |
| 5/30/2015 | S A | Self Healer | St. Paul, Minnesota |
| 6/6/2015 | T G | Lover | Chicago, Illinois |
| 6/11/2015 | E K | Dancer | Chicago, Illinois |
| 6/12/2015 | A G | Partner | Chicago, Illinois |
| 6/24/2015 | D | Singer | Chicago, Illinois |
| 6/26/2015 | R S | Self Healer | Chicago, Illinois |
| 7/19/2015 | L H | Dancer | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| 7/31/2015 | JH and LC | Creator/Mother | Boston, Massachusetts |
| 8/16/2015 | N T | Lightworker | Boston, Massachusetts |
Using the word "experiment" liberates me. I don't pretend to have all the answers, there's room for mistakes, and people are kind when they learn that I'm just trying something new to see if it works. A new friend called me last night and curiously asked about my tour, specifically about the concept of mirroring. I thought I'd share with you what I shared with my friend, three questions and answers of my experiment.
Who are your mirrors?
Individuals who are mastering the same areas of life as me.
Why is it useful to meet your mirrors?
Oh the richness and depth and connection to experience! I sat on a couch in St. Paul, Minnesota sharing deep breaths and a box of tissues across from my self-healer mirror. I danced around a bonfire under the stars in Michigan with my dancer mirror. She helped me learn a new level of inner awakening in my dance, just by watching hers. Every time I hear the song "Dream a Little Dream of Me" from now on, I will remember harmonizing in Chicago, Illinois with the rich voice of my singer mirror.
Using the word "mirror" to describe these interactions is actually a bit irrelevant. I use the term as a fun, succinct way to describe the true concept of soul to soul connection I'm aiming for. The point of this tour for me is to celebrate "ordinary" people who have extraordinary dreams, starting with myself. Having connection occur within a specific point of focus creates intimacy and purpose. Because my mirror and I want the same thing, we are each other's living library of mastery. We have passports to bypass the menial, and the general. The conversations become immediately connective and electric.
How can I meet my mirrors?
Have you written your list of what you want yet? There are a few traps that people fall into as excuses of why they haven't yet. Too old, too busy, too tired, too poor, too sick, too scared, too jaded. I have compassion for each one. Rest along the way, fellow dreamers! May you experience being too busy, old and poor right now, and live it all fully. Pursuing dreams is hard core, and it's life long. We're in this together for the long haul, and we all get to live every section of the dream's story fully. When you're ready to lace up your boots and start walking toward the dream again, I will be here cheering you on.
I have learned for myself that as soon as I decide what I want, my mirrors are ready to reflect that area of life in me. I don't have to be best friends with my mirrors. I don't need to have everything in common with them. I just get to be teachable and open. Someone is always waiting to meet me and reflect my best self. A rewarding benefit is that I get to give them the same gift in return.
The ideal way I've found to meet my mirrors is not to go out and try to find them. The most direct way is to go within and do my inner work. If I want to meet my songwriter mirrors, for example, I better spend the hours writing songs, researching rhymes, recording then re-recording, scratching out lyrics, adding new ones, taking myself on walks and listening to the recording, shaking my head vehemently, deleting it, starting over, waiting a few days for a beginner's mind to form with fresh eyes, until at last, that perfect line dawns, making my skin quiver, and I take a breath...(which all accurately describes my evening earlier today.) When I am engaged in my work of mastery, I meet mirrors that reflect the quality I am producing.
In just a few days, I'm beginning the international portion of the Mirror Concert Tour. So far I have met 13 out of 16 of my mirrors, with a few doubles even. So far, this whole following your passion thing is working. So far, I've made it through the rough patches, and I've stretched myself beyond what I thought was possible.
So far, so so good.
So far, so so good.
