MUSING-ABSORED IN THOUGHT
Only I Can Give Up On A Goal
No One Can Become My Agent
And Express On My Behalf
The Doubts That I May Harbor
About The Future Before It Unfolds

Only I Can Understand Deeply
The Aspirations That I Have Embraced
The Life That I Have Been Living
Or Fully Appreciate
The Truths That I Trust

My Subjective Assessments Of Self
Can Offer No Guarantees
That My Goals Will Be Granted
And My Correct Conclusions
May Not Contain The Wisdom
That I May Need To Overcome
The Potholes Across My Path

If I Move Forward On Faith
Even Though The Objective Facts
Are Inconsistent With My Intentions
I Can Still Have Healthy Hopes
And Continue On My Course
To Achieve The Objects Of My Interest

My Criticism Of Others
Should Encourage Me To Examine
The Defects In My Own Deportment
And It Should Be A Reminder To Me
That I May Have In Abundance
The Same Character Flaws
That I See In My Friends

It Is Impossible To Predict With Any Certainty
Where All Of My Fortunes Will Be Found
But I Have Reasons To Believe
That If I Plant Good Seeds
I Will Continue To Enjoy
The Fruits And Vegetables
That Naturally Grow In The Fields
Where I Have Labored During My Life