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 judgement upon you must pass. The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life Is the one staring back from the glass.
Some people may call you a straight shooting chum And call you 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 have passed your most dangerous test If the man in the glass is your friend.
You may face the whole world down the pathway of life And get pats on the back when you pass, But your final reward will be heartache and strife If you've cheated the man in the glass.
Be The Best of Whatever You Are By Douglas Malloch
If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill, Be a scrub in the valley-but be The best little scrub by the side of the rill; Be a bush if you can't be a tree.
If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass, And some highway happier make; If you can't be a muskie then just be a bass But the liveliest bass in the lake!
We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew, There's something for all of us here, There's big work to do, and there's lesser to do, And the task you must do is the near.
If you can't be a highway then just be a trail, If you can't be the sun be a star; It isn't by size that you win or you fail Be the best of whatever you are!
We must be silent before we can listen. We must listen before we can learn. We must learn before we can prepare. We must prepare before we can serve. We must serve before we can lead.
It's easy to lose yourself in work. In the stresses of everyday. But it's important to get away from that. This weekend I've had my urge for "creative" time... it seems to happen every now and then... but now I feel like I've been neglecting my creative side lately and realise it affects me.
Hence why I'm blogging again as well. It's one way of releasing. Another way was taking a day off work on Friday and walking around London taking pictures. My goal was to capture a few different sides of London, inspired by the protesters at St. Pauls. In such close proximity you have so many different worlds.
- St. Pauls and Bank - Bankers, corporate suits and work work work. Now St. Pauls has been taken over by hippies and protesters though which made for an interesting contrast. Atop all that... tourists from every corner of the globe.
-Old Street - hip, young, fashion conscious people who in some instances try to dress poor when they in fact spend fortunes looking like it.
- Goodge street and British Museum - tourists and school children. A very differing group of people.
Here are my favorite few shots of the day.
While chatting about this inspirational stuff... I've been watching a lot of X-Factor lately... getting a bit of ridicule for it but the reason it's inspiring me is because the fact that there is so much talent out there in this world. There are people who are incredible and don't get the chance to share it with others. When they do it inspires me.
This is Melanie Amaro from the US X-Factor and an extremely powerful song.
While we're on the video segment.
This is an old video that I thought about today. When I first heard it I was doing alright but a friend of mine wasn't. He was lacking some confidence and listening to it made me smile. I like this song. :-) Besides that, it's a pretty cool video as well.
There are quite a few new songs on my top 5 list right now...
