My All Time Favorite: The Man in the Glass
Many of the quotes I’ve (and will continue to) posted are from a High School wrestling coach. No, no, he didn’t write them but he put them together for the wrestling team and I’ve kept it ever since. I graduated high school in 1994, so ya it’s been a wee bit. My wrestling coach provided me with something I’ll never forget and I’ll always hold on to with that booklet of inspiring words. I wish the five competitors the best in the transformation challenge and it is my hope that a few of these inspiring words may help you along the way. This is the first day of the challenge and with that I am sharing my favorite passage from that booklet…
THE MAN IN THE GLASS
When you get what you want in your struggle for self
And the world makes you king for a day,
Just go to the mirror and look at yourself
And see what that man has to say.
For it isn’t your father or mother or wife
Whose judgment upon you must pass.
The fellow whose verdict counts the most in your life
Is the one staring back from the glass.
You may be like Jack Horner and Chisel a plum
And you 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.
He’s the fellow to please-never mind all the rest,
For he’s with you clear to the end.
And you’ve passed your most dangerous, difficult test
If the man in the glass is your friend.
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 heartache and tears
If you’ve cheated the man in the glass.
