Mirror Mirror On the Wall

Every now and then each of us has to take a good look in the mirror. Just like when we are in a game we need to take a look at the scoreboard. Feedback is necessary. Outside sources like a scoreboard are helpful, but there is no greater feedback than what one gets from a mirror.

Last night we were to have a game. It would have been our first organized baseball experience in about a week. Rain cancelled the game, but the ability to practice was still there. And I am pretty sure that the email cancelling the game indicated that a practice was still in the cards. And four boys showed up for practice and I can only hope that this was matched by four boys somewhere on an island. In the month of JUNE.

I am a goal driven person. I believe that goal setting is the best way to get to where you want to go. It is great to have goals, but goals are meaningless unless we take the time to assess how we are progressing towards the goal. That is what scoreboards are for, that is why feedback is important, that is why we have mirrors.

Sometimes you have to look in the mirror and ask yourself ...... am I getting to where I want to be?

My high school coach posted this poem EVERY YEAR.

The Man In The Glass
Anonymous

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 most in you life
Is the one staring back from the glass.

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.

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.