Help me sell my Cobra

[Maurice Johnson]

Sal,

I clipped this out of a newspaper in May 1982, when going thru a nasty divorce, and have kept it in my wallet to this day.
Can't give credit, don't know who wrote it.

When you get what you want in your struggle for self,
And the world makes you king for a day,
Just go to a mirror and look at yourself,
And see what that man has to say.
For it isn't you father or mother or wife,
Whose judgement upon you must pass,
The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life,
Is the one staring back from the glass.
Some people might think you're a straight shooting chum,
And call you a wonderful guy,
But the man in the glass says you're only a bum,
If you can't look him straight in the eye.
He's the fellow to please, never mind all the rest,
For he's with you clear up to the end,
And you've passed your most dangerous difficult test,
If the the guy in the glass is you're friend.

You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years,
And get pats on the back as you pass,
But you're final reward will be heartaches and tears,
If you've cheated the man in the glass.

Hal has given sage advice, as he always does.
It works, believe me.