reflection and thought

<<When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves in the light of thought, we discover that our life is embosomed in beauty. Behind us, as we go, all things assume pleasing forms, as clouds do far off.>> [Ralph Waldo Emerson / Spiritual Laws]

http://transcendentalism-legacy.tamu.edu/authors/emerson/essays/spirituallaws.html