While listening to the BYU Devotional speech this morning given by Neil L. Andersen in September 2011 on honesty he quoted part of the following poem by Edgar Guest about the need to be honest--even when no one is looking.
Myself
by Edgar 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 in the eye. I don't want to stand with the setting sun And hate myself for the things I've done. I don't want to keep on a closet shelf A lot of secrets about myself And fool myself as I come and go Into thinking that nobody else will know The kind of person I really am. I don't want to dress up myself in sham. I want to go out with my head erect. I want to deserve all others' respect. But here in the struggle for fame and wealth I want to be able to like myself. I don't want to look at myself and know That I'm bluster and bluff, an empty show. I could never hide myself from me. I see what others may never see. I know what others may never know. I never can fool myself, and so Whatever happens, I want to be Self-respecting and conscience-free. |
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