Happiness is what you arrive at when you accept yourself and your spouse. When you stop trying to change the other, when you accept the complexities of you and then work on aligning them. Not perfection, but excellence.

A mirror is a powerful tool.  Is my face dirty?  Is it time for a trim (of my head hair of course)? Does my beard look brushed and dignified?  Are my Tefillin centered on my head? Maybe my escape from the mirror to the selfie is a major misunderstanding of my own self worth?

The imagery is the stuff movies are made of. Jacob is preparing to encounter his brother with prayer, gift and war – hope, diplomacy and strength.