If you must be critical,

be critical of yourself.

 

If you must be judgmental,

be judgmental in the time frame.

 

If you must feel slighted,

check your point of view.

 

If must feel abandoned,

think of a slave ship.

 

If you must feel alone,

go to a mountain top.

 

If you must feel rejected,

visit an orphanage.

 

If you must feel inferior,

look at those in power.

 

If you must look inwardly,

be generous.

 

If you must condemn,

check history.

 

If you must,

then, there must be a reason.

What is it?

 
 

David Garlick, Puerto Vallarta, February, 2001