Reflections on the Fullness of Life
LOOKING IN THE SOUL'S MIRROR
This book is intended to be a reference to aid you in understanding the universal law of abundant life, the unbounded realm of possibilities, and your potential for realizing joy and success. It is designed to be a tool with which you can discover your purpose in life, unleash your potential, and maintain your motivation to achieve the desires of your heart. This reference and tool can best be used when you know its design and construction. The Soul's Mirror contains 122 topics ranging from ABILITY to WORTH. (See the index for a complete, alphabetical list of the topics.) The one-word titles have been assigned to each segment to facilitate your finding specific words of encouragement, motivation, or inspiration when you need them most. For example: If you face tragedy, you may wish to read the topic SORROW or the topic HOPE. If you are planning to marry, you may choose to read MARRIAGE, COMMITMENT, and/or COMPROMISE. You may benefit from reading PERSEVERANCE if you are feeling discouraged because your sales calls are not netting the results you desire. To avoid being didactic or sounding preachy, I have written the "Upon reflection" portion of each topic in the first person. The risk in doing so is the chance that I appear to be egotistical with the overuse of "I". My desire to avoid egotism is as strong as that to avoid didactic and preachy. On the other hand, the benefit to using the first-person voice is that the language lends itself to personal reflection. If you agree with the ideas and message of the topic and wish to adopt it as your own, it is already written in your voice. You can select specific portions as your positive affirmations. Many pages--indeed volumes--could be written on any of the topics included here. I have chosen to write very short essays. The brevity serves two purposes. First is to accommodate a busy schedule. If you are presently traveling on the road to success or are preparing to make that journey, you are already working on a schedule that squeezes every minute out of each hour. How and where do you find the time to read a few hundred pages of a book written to motivate you? The Soul's Mirror makes the task easy by dividing the motivational material into short segments. Now you only have to find about five minutes in your daily schedule. You can get up five minutes earlier. Or you can go to bed five minutes later. Read while you sip your coffee or while on hold on the telephone. Five of the several minutes in the doctor's waiting room or at the airport can be better invested. The second purpose for the short topics is to provide chewable chunks of motivational morsels. To obtain the greatest benefit in learning, self-improvement, and motivation you should take the information a little at a time. Consider, reflect, and process each subject before you move to the next. Each of the 122 topics contains a cross-reference. Included in the cross-references are other topics that relate to the one that you have read. This is particularly useful if you are selecting your reading according to your need for encouragement, motivation, or understanding. The 122 topics have been grouped into fifteen divisions. The categorizing is not a perfect one. For example, the topic HATRED is included with other topics on emotions, but it could also have been included in the group of "STUMBLING BLOCKS". The groupings will benefit the reader who desires to read several pieces with a related theme in one sitting. So that The Soul's Mirror can be used as daily inspiration, a Daily Reading Calendar has been included as an appendix. If you follow this calendar, you will read through the book three times in a year. From April 7 through August 6, you will read the book in the order presented. An index has been included to provide you with an easy reference to find the topic you need. Because it is presented alphabetically, you can quickly determine if a subject is or is not addressed in this book. Keep The Soul's Mirror handy. At your bedside. On the coffee table. In your car. At your desk. In your purse or briefcase. Where will you be when you need a moment to reflect on your life? You could be anywhere. And everywhere that you are, you should be able to reflect on the fullness of life. How many times have you looked into a mirror, or even a large plate-glass window, to see a reflection of yourself? We are very concerned with how we appear outwardly to others. Allow The Soul's Mirror to be your looking glass to reflect the innermost part of you. There is beauty for you to behold.