Not getting enough time to write these days … Last month was spent mostly to get adapted to the job from which I was away for almost 3 months. The rest of the time I had to spent on reasoning my actions to everyone… One of my mentors once pointed out, “its all about how you want the world to see you and your actions”. When I analyzed it more, I just observed that everyone struggles to answer only one other person in his/her whole life.
Dale Wimbrow just observes the same in his poem The Guy in the Glass. No other expression of it could have been more meaningful.
When you get what you want in your struggle for pelf,
And the world makes you King for a day,
Then go to the mirror and look at yourself,
And see what that guy has to say.
For it isn’t your Father, or Mother, or Wife,
Who judgement upon you must pass.
The feller whose verdict counts most in your life
Is the guy staring back from the glass.
He’s the feller to please, never mind all the rest,
For he’s with you clear up to the end,
And you’ve passed your most dangerous, difficult test
If the guy in the glass is your friend.
You may be like Jack Horner and “chisel” a plum,
And think you’re a wonderful guy,
But the man in the glass says you’re only a bum
If you can’t look him straight in the eye.
You can fool the whole world down the pathway of years,
And get pats on the back as you pass,
But your final reward will be heartaches and tears
If you’ve cheated the guy in the glass.
Now I know where to look for answers… What about you?
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