Chapter 12
The Mirror
A companion guide for people currently reading this chapter. You can start here.
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The question this chapter addresses
What does the way I live pass forward?
In plain language
The closing chapter considers the patterns, examples, and voices we carry into other people's lives. It also asks what longstanding pattern you may be carrying, and what changes when you can recognize it and choose how to carry it forward. What you practice can matter in a family, friendship, workplace, classroom, or community, even without a public audience.
Ideas
Three ideas to notice
- 01
Reflection includes the patterns you carry as well as the actions others see.
- 02
Personal practice can shape how you show up for other people.
- 03
Passing something useful forward can begin in an ordinary interaction.
Maps and teaching
See the maps
Revisit the daily framework.
Pause
Reflect
What would you like someone to learn from the way you respond to a difficult or meaningful moment?
Practice
Try
Choose one quality you want to bring into an interaction today. Afterwards, consider how it showed up and what you would adjust next time.
This guide is original companion teaching. It does not replace the complete book.