An invitation to be Myself

I would like to introduce to you a poem by Edgar Guest that has brought so clearly to the forefront for me what is important about being myself. Ultimately, I believe that in order to have a marriage that matters, it is most important to be myself. What does it mean to you, to be Yourself?

MYSELF

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 straight in the eye;
I don't want to stand, with the setting sun,
And hate myself for the things I have 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 a man 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 men's respect;
But here in the struggle for fame and pelf
I want to be able to like myself.
I don't want to look at myself and know
That I'm bluster and bluff and empty show.

I can never hide myself from me;
I can 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.

Feel free to give me a call to talk more at 980-275-1627.

Ed Coambs

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