The Man In The Glass

Michael Jackson wrote a great song: “Man In The Mirror”.  I must say, however, that My Dad framed a poem that I read everyday.  It’s called:  “The Man In The Glass”.  Every time I read it, I remember what he always told me:  “You can only be Billy Harvey and nobody else!”  I would like to share this with each and every one of you.

“The Man In The Glass

When you get what you want in your struggle for gain and the world makes you King for a day, just go to the mirror and look at yourself and see what the man has to say.

It isn’t your father or mother or wife whose judgment upon you must pass.  The one whose verdict counts most in your life is the one staring back in the glass.

He’s the one you must satisfy beyond all the rest.  For he’s the one with you right up to the end. And you have passed your most difficult test if the man in the glass is your friend.

You may be the one who got a good break then you think you’re a wonderful guy.  But the man in the glass says,  you’re only a fake if you can’t look him  straight in the eye.

You may 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 have cheated the man in the glass.”

Author Unknown

Always strive to be a better person each day than you were the day before.  Look in the glass and reflect on how you can become a better person.  I always walk away from the glass asking myself:  “Would I follow Myself?”

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