Learned and Lessoned

With only a few days left of my challenge, I am starting to reflect on the short time I have lived without the daily aid of my mirror image.

This challenge has given me more perspective than I imagined it would. I have learned a few solid lessons and I have gained more courage to continue on with deeper and more difficult challenges in the future.

This challenge has made me feel strong in a strange sense of the word. I did not doubt my ability to be without mirrors, but I feel proud of this tiny feat none the less. The lessons I have taken from this have proven to me that challenging myself in these small ways, is the right path for my own spiritual awakening and conscious evolution. I have gained some confidence, and calming my vanity has also begun to calm my spirit and mind. I can not explain these small changes, as I do not entirely understand them... I just know that challenging myself feels like the right thing to do.

Not looking in the mirror was more difficult than I anticipated. I struggled at first. Soon, I started to notice that my need to look at myself wained. My addiction began to cure. I had slip ups, and accidents and outright defiance's of my own rules, but my learning was in the entire process.

I truly have realized that I can feel beautiful without the safety net of the visual sight of myself. Beauty of course is on the inside and any amount of peering into a reflection will never, ever change this. I know this all seems to be common sense... and I did know all this logically before hand, but this challenge tested my perception and proved me both wrong and right. I now intrinsically FEEL this wisdom within me, inside of me.

My challenge comes to an end in 3 days (including today). I have toyed with the idea of extending the challenge to see what else I could gain from it, but in the end: I feel that I have already gained the wisdom that I was seeking from this great life lesson. I may revisit this challenge for a longer period of time in the future, but for now, I will put it to rest.

I am excited to see what I choose as my next challenge and to see what I learn and how I will be surprised.