My one of favorite Song of Michael Jackson - Lyrics had these words..Man In The Mirror. While reading some book I came across this poem "The Man in the Mirror" the story, words and everything really makes me feel new positive feeling when I read it again and again.
The important points I want to remember are :
1. Like yourself before anyone else appreciates you.
2. Do you care what other people think about you? It's the opinion you hold of yourself that really counts.
3. You can fool others some times, but in the end we can't fool yourself.
Poem Words:
When you get what you want in your struggle for self
And the world makes you King for a day
Then go to the mirror and look at yourself
And see what that man has to say.
And the world makes you King for a day
Then go to the mirror and look at yourself
And see what that man has to say.
For it isn’t a man’s father, mother or wife,
Whose judgement upon him must pass
The fellow whose verdict counts most in life
Is the man staring back from the glass.
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.
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 can fool the whole world down the pathway of years
And get pats on the back as you pass
But the final reward will be heartache and tears
If you’ve cheated the Man in the glass.
And get pats on the back as you pass
But the final reward will be heartache and tears
If you’ve cheated the Man in the glass.
As per Wikipedia, Dale Wimbrow, first published in The American Magazine in 1934.
The Story:
Poem was found scribbled on wall of death-row prison in the USA. Two prisoners were about to be executed in morning, after their last meal, they were taken from cell. When the prison guards came to clean up the cell later, where they had been housed for for the night, they found 'The Man in the Mirror' scribbled on the wall.
The Song:
I'm gonna make a change
For once in my life
It's gonna feel real good
Gonna make a difference
Gonna make it right
As I, turn up the collar on
My favorite winter coat
This wind is blowing my mind
I see the kids in the streets
With not enough to eat
Who am I to be blind?
Pretending not to see their needs
A summer disregard, a broken bottle top
And a one man soul
They follow each other on the wind ya' know
'Cause they got nowhere to go
That's why I want you to know
I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change
I've been a victim of a selfish kind of love
It's time that I realize
That there are some with no home, not a nickel to loan
Could it be really me, pretending that they're not alone?
A willow deeply scarred, somebody's broken heart
And a washed-out dream
They follow the pattern of the wind ya' see
'Cause they got no place to be
That's why I'm starting with me
I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change
I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself and then make that
Change!
I'm starting with the man in the mirror
(Oh yeah!)
I'm asking him to change his ways
(Better change!)
No message could have been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself and then make the change)
You gotta get it right, while you got the time
You can't close your, your mind!
(Then you close your, mind!)
That man, that man, that man, that man
With the man in the mirror
(Man in the mirror, oh yeah!)
That man, that man, that man
I'm asking him to change his ways
(Better change!)
No message could have been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself and then make the change
Oh no, no no
I'm gonna make a change
It's gonna feel real good!
Chime on!
(Change)
Just lift yourself
You know
You've got to stop it
Yourself!
(Yeah! Make that change!)
I've got to make that change, today!
Hoo!
(Man in the mirror)
You got to
You got to not let yourself
Brother
Hoo!
(Yeah! Make that change!)
You know, I've got to get
That man, that man
(Man in the mirror)
You've got to move! Chime on!
Chime on!
You got to
Stand up! Stand up! Stand up!
(Yeah! Make that change)
Stand up and lift yourself, now!
(Man in the mirror)
You know it!
You know it!
You know it!
You know it
(Change)
Make that change
Songwriters
BALLARD, GLEN / GARRETT, SIEDAH
Doo let me know what you flt when you rad this poem..
