We all Need a Mirror

When I sat down with my mentor via zoom, I told him how off kilter I was. He looked at me calmly, and knowing me well from our relationship over time, reflected back to me that I was feeling a lack of control because of current events, and this feeling stemmed from past wounds I hold from the chaotic, traumatic, and also the overly structured experiences of my youth. As soon as he said it, it became as obvious to me as seeing my face in the mirror and finding a big smudge of dirt on my face.