Looking Into The Mirror . . . A Unique Opportunity To Reflect On Our Lives, Decisions And Feelings

Have you ever thought back to a time in your life and wondered why you did something? Or perhaps, why you didn’t do something?

If your reflection could speak, what would it say? We can’t go back in time, but we can peer through the looking glass and learn from our experiences

Windsor based author Garnet Thompson designed Looking into the Mirror: Messages from the Authentic Self to the Inauthentic Self, to equip and liberate readers for the pursuit of authentic lives.

Some people tend to exist behind masks, hiding their true selves in favour of playing a role that pleases others or gets them accepted.

Looking into the Mirror is a book of messages from the hidden authentic self to the inauthentic self presented to the world. The design of the messages and stories, interspersed with space to reflect, brings the authentic self to the surface and nurtures a stronger mindset for success in relationships, goals, and choices.

With messages such as “You be you and that will serve everyone best,” Thompson shows that being “saintly” isn’t necessary, only being true to oneself will bring freedom.

Following each message is the space to reflect on it with any thoughts that come to mind.

Looking into the Mirror is Thompson’s collection of life lessons and personal stories to free people from the urge to appear a certain way to others and to give them access to the true selves they try to hide.

Thompson’s unorthodox upbringing as an immigrant from Jamaica, raised primarily by his grandmother, gave him a unique set of life lessons and experiences.

Garnet Thompson is a local author living in Belle River for the past eight years. His third book, Looking into the Mirror is on track for release mid-February. Photo courtesy of the author.

He began the search for his father when he was 23 and found him four years later.

The experience of meeting him for the first time at age 27 had a profound effect on Thompson’s perspective.

Now a father himself, he strives to give his children the tools to be confident in themselves.

“Confidence in yourself comes from being you!” expresses Thompson.

His children are a large inspiration for all his books, including Looking into the Mirror, 20/20 Vision Dreams, and a children’s book, Why the Bricklayer Smiles

Looking into the Mirror is available locally at Storytellers Bookstore (1473 Ottawa Street in Windsor where it will be launched at an event on February 19, 2023); on the author’s website and also through Amazon and other leading online book retailers.

If you would like to connect with the author, please visit: GarnetThompson.com.

By Rebecca Wright