Hold Up the Mirror

Growth can be gritty. Life requires that we go through this constant metamorphosis, and it provides us with relationships that constantly show us the things we need to change. The people we love hold up mirrors to us over and over again, to help us face the parts of ourselves we are initially afraid of. Sometimes we let our pride blind us to that need for growth. Sometimes we feel overwhelmed by the list of things we know we need to change. Sometimes we’re just tired. We’re human, and that’s ok, but we must not forget that the ability to change is a divine gift. There is an important beauty in working at growth one step at a time… the more weaknesses you see, the closer you are to the Light.  On today’s episode of The Apple Seed, we’ll catch ourselves cheering the characters on as they keep trying and learning and growing! Perhaps we can practice seeing ourselves the way we see characters in a story – we are worth loving even in our imperfection, and we can become who we want to become with others’ help.  On today's episode, enjoy the following: "Mira Massimo!" by Pam Faro from Why Didn’t I Think of That?: Seeking Solutions – Some Sassy, Some Silly, Some Smart (10:52) Our first story comes from gifted storyteller and musician Pam Faro. She tells of a father and son who are misjudged on their trek to town – with every passing judgement, they adjust to adhere to the eyes of their passers-by, until things go terribly wrong. As Pam Faro pulls from her album Why Didn’t I Think of That?: Seeking Solutions – Some Sassy, Some Silly, Some Smart, she’ll use energy and song to show us that, sometimes, the mirrors others hold up will show that our way of life is working just fine, and that we do not need to change something just because someone else misunderstands it.  "It’s How You Say It" by Len Cabral from It’s How You Say It (5:35) In this next piece, "It's How You Say It", Award-winning, master storyteller Len Cabral illustrates how we can find good in unexpected places, if we have the courage to look.  "Lei Quee