Were you ever startled by your own reflection?

Maybe you are passing by a mirror, but don’t realize it’s a mirror until an image catches the corner of your eye. You jump. Then you realize the image was you –reflected in the mirror that you just walked by.

Or maybe one morning you get up, after a night of restless sleep, and look into the mirror. There you see a stranger with dark circles under the eyes, puffy face, tangled hair, and a hollow expression. You gasp. Who is that person? Surely not me!

Am I the only one who has had one of those experiences before?

We all have times when we don’t recognize ourselves. Sometimes it has nothing to do with our visage!

Maybe you have had an interaction with someone, in which you acted totally out of character. Something someone said or did pushe…