As I stand in front of the mirror
looking for yesterdays lass
though the eyes are vaguely familiar
a stranger appears in the glass.

While my mind still sends out a message
of youth or of young adulthood
I find that the face now before me
has changed through the years, as it should.

So why do I have these mixed feelings
of time swinging forward, then back?
I can feel as 'free as an eagle'
Or become like a 'train off its track.'

My emotions all shift like a "yo-yo"
when I gaze at this image of me,
for the mirror won't change my reflection
and become what I wanted to see.

Though I've felt 'young at heart' through my lifetime
I knew that the moment would come
when the face that's reflected before me
proved the years slowly change everyone.

Yet I smile at myself and accept this,
remembering "I am still me"
and I'm only as old as I'm feeling
for that's how God meant life to be!

As I informed you before God can give us humor - and this was one of the poems where His humor shows through.  Still He guides us with another message as we read it - questions that we must find answers to.

I wonder how my life will reflect the changes that have taken place during my time on earth.  What will I see in the mirror as I view the choices I have made and how will the wrong deeds compare with the good I have accomplished?  I have always had the feeling that when we stand before God that our lives will be judged by our own consciences, and I don't know about you but I believe that will be one of the most difficult times to face.  Imagine being before our Creator and having a Counsel of Great and Holy Masters observing you as you see your life pass before you.  I truly believe that our Father would be far more lenient in His judgment of me than I could be.  Either way we will be shown the lessons learned and the life we have lead when we come before His heavenly throne...

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