"I walked into an office building one afternoon in a hurry,dashed into the waiting elevator. As I rushed in, I caught an unexpected glimpse of myself in a security mirror`s reflection. In that moment my brain did an odd thing - it fired off this split-second message: "Hey! You know her! That`s a friend of yours!" And I actually run forward toward my own reflection with a smile, ready to welcome that girl whose name I had lost but whose face was so familiar. In a flash instant, of course, I realized my mistake and laughed in embarrassment at my almost doglike confusion over how a mirror works.

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Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself s a friend."

Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, pray, love