Foundations of The Mirror Room

Why we learn through others — and how reflection leads to self-awareness

A space for reflection, not answers.

---

If, as I’m entering a building, I suddenly see everyone rushing out in panic, as fast as they can, it would immediately trigger something in me. Like most of us, I’d feel an internal alarm. My instinct, based only on what I’m observing, would tell me that there is danger inside.

I don’t know about you, but that instinct would slow me down — maybe even stop me completely. Depending on how serious it seems, I might ask questions before acting, or act first and ask later. What’s certain is that something in me would want to flee the building like everyone else, even before knowing what’s really happening.

That instinct could end up saving my life.
Or, more accurately, the behavior of others could save my life.

In life, we learn a great deal through others. In some way, we are all connected. We often live through similar experiences, though from different perspectives. And sometimes, another person’s story can help us grow, reflect, or adjust the way we understand our own.

If you see someone stand up from a public bench with paint stains all over their clothes, your mind would instinctively go on alert. You wouldn’t sit there — or you’d at least check carefully before doing so. Without seeing that person, the idea of danger wouldn’t even cross your mind. Isn’t that true?

In this sense, we are mirrors for one another.

Your life can help clarify mine, just as my story can help you see your own path more clearly. That doesn’t mean we copy each other or lose our authenticity. It simply means that we are connected, and that one person’s experience can become a bridge for another.

Of course, this all depends on how we choose to see things. In the end, it only works if we decide to look at life this way.

Welcome to The Mirror Room.

---

At first, I wanted to succeed in life, find answers, and only then share them with others. I believed people listened more attentively to those they considered already successful.

After all, would we really listen to someone preaching the benefits of quitting smoking while still smoking themselves? Or to a poor man teaching the path to wealth — even if his message were valid?

Personally, I like when people embody what they share. And of course, I want to do the same.

But one day, someone said something that stayed with me:

“Instead of waiting until you have ready-made answers, why not start sharing your journey now? Not as a mentor or a guide, but as a fellow traveler, facing the same struggles and trying to move forward.”

That idea deeply marked me.

So here I am — untangling my inner conflicts, looking at my past, sharing my reflections, exposing my observations and lived experiences in public. Not to teach, but to become more conscious of myself, to accept who I am, and to allow myself to be myself.

And in doing so, this space becomes an invitation for you to pause and reflect. Each reflection, each observation, each experience shared is a mirror — one that I hope encourages you to ask yourself:

“And me — how do I live this?”

I hope you can see beyond my chaos, my contradictions, my strange ideas, my emotional derailments — my mess — and instead look at your own life, finding clarity, self-acceptance, and above all, stillness. Real stillness.

That said, I don’t have answers. My answers are my own illusions, my own prisons, and also my own forms of freedom. My conclusions are personal; they are not universal. You are free to accept them or reject them, to confront them or adopt them.

What I truly hope is that, in the end, you find your own conclusions — and that if you choose a path, you do so consciously and freely.

Welcome to a space where the freedom to be oneself is allowed.
Welcome to The Mirror Room.

(No absolute truths. Only mirrors.)

If any part of this resonates with you, stay around and walk alongside these reflections for a while —
to look gently,
and to leave, I deeply hope, with a little more awareness than you arrived with.

Warm regards,
Odel A.

Next series : Constats (reflections) on Love