GETTING TO KNOW YOURSELF

There are things that we know about ourselves,
And there are things that we know that we don't know.

But what about the things about ourself
That we don't know that we know,
And, worse still, those that we don't know that we don't know?
These are the moles that sabotage us,
Working away in the background to undo our best and noblest intentions.

Wanna know what they are?

Start listening to your critical inner dialogue about other people.
You think you're talking about them?
How could you? -- you do not know them
Anywhere near as accurately or insightfully
As you think you do.

So who is your onboard judge/critic banging on about?
You, that's who.

Whatever you see in another
Is a reflection of an aspect of yourself.

You're looking into a mirror,
And as you are with those reflections,
So you are with your self.

You could decide to be grateful for the in-sights
Or you could continue to pin them elsewhere
And wonder why the world around you continues to be populated
By such undesirables.