The Woman In The Mirror

"Lean on, trust in, and be confident

in the Lord with all your heart and mind,

and do not rely on your own 

insight or understanding.

In all your ways

know, recognize, and acknowledge Him

and He will direct and make

straight and plain your paths.

Be not wise

in your own eyes;

reverently fear and worship the Lord,

and turn entirely away from evil."

Proverbs 3:5-7

Myself

By Edgar Albert Guest

I have to live with myself, and so,

I want to be fit for myself to know.

I want to be able, as days go by,

Always to look myself straight in the eye.

I don't want to stand, with the setting sun,

And hate myself for the things I've done.

I want to go out with my head erect,

I want to deserve all men's respect.

For here in the struggle for fame and self

I want to be able to like myself.

I don't want to look at myself and know

I'm bluster, a bluff and an empty show.

Snake Oil Salesman

Morgan Weistling

I never can hide myself from me;

I see what others may never see.

I know what others may never know,

I can never fool myself, and so,

Whatever happens I want to be

Self-respecting and conscience-free.

 Painting By Lee Bogle

 

"This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Farewell, my blessing season this in thee!"

-William Shakespeare

Hamlet Act One, Scene Three