[ WP ] A magical mirror shows your reflection and your future soulmate . You only see your reflection .

I felt outside of myself as I ducked down to enter what could n't possibly be called a home. I'd seen people live in caves before, but the cave belonging to this particular hermit had no signs of life. Completely rocky, and bare except for an ancient looking hand mirror. Ornate copper swirls decorated the oval mirror with a worn, black handle, revealing the use of thousands of desperate romantics. 
 
 I owed the impetus of my visit to the concern of dear friends. Alone, except for them, I thought anything would be worth trying. After all, people had been meeting through online dating for half a century, why not try this? It had the aroma of being old fashioned yet mystical and, being a hopeless romantic myself, I'd thought I could spare a few minutes during my trip to the Punjab. 
 
 The Baba ushered me to the corner where The Mirror was resting against a concave wall. As he gestured to me to grasp The Mirror, and my future with it, I saw a haggard, hopeless, vestige of myself. If I had paid money for this experience, I would have felt conned. Instead I felt an odd sense of assurance, `` I am in control of my own destiny.'' 
 
 Edit: I suck at words. 
 That was a long time ago. As I write my last words to be left with the physical world, I want to say that I wish I would have believed. I could have saved myself /so/ much time. 
 
 Edit: I suck at editing: The previous Edit was intended to be placed here.. but holy cow does that mistaken Edit placement make this seem even more depressing than I intended. 

