Who Is This Woman?

Who is this woman,
This stranger that I see?
Who is this woman,
Staring back at me?


Where is the young girl,
Who used to be there?
The girl with smiling dimples,
And long golden hair.


Her hair once so soft,
The color of autumn hay,
Those once golden locks,
Now faded and gray.


Tiny little wrinkles,
And fine little lines,
Are poignant reminders
Of the passing of time.


Sweet innocence long gone,
She has wisdom instead,
Frivolities of youth,
No longer fill her head.


This face so familiar,
Is the reflection of another,
For the face that looks at me,
Is the face of my mother.


One day my daughter too,
Will see the face that I now see.
She'll look into her mirror,
And she'll be seeing me.


©Carrie Robison ~ 2002



  The people we are in relationships with are always a mirror, reflecting our own beliefs, and simultaneously we are mirrors, reflecting their beliefs. So... relationship is one of the most

powerful tools for growth....If we look honestly at our relationships, we can see so much

about how we have created them.

~Shakti Gawain~

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have more things, or more money,

in order to do more of what they want so they will be happier. The way it actually works

is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then, do what you need to do, in

order to have what you want.

~Margaret Young~

Woman In The Glass

When you get what you want in your struggle for self
And the world makes you queen for a day,
Just go to the mirror and look at yourself,
And see what THAT woman has to say.

Some people may think you a straight-shootin' chum,
And call you a person of place,
But the woman in the glass says you're only a bum
If you can't look her straight in the face.

She's the woman to please, never mind all the rest,
For she's with you clear up to the end,
And you've passed your most dangerous, difficult test,
If the woman 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 heartaches and tears,
If you've cheated the woman in the glass!

~Author Unknown To Me~
 

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2003