The Way We See Ourselves
Some people think they’re talented
When clearly, they are not.
Yet maybe they are better off,
Believing that they’ve got
The kind of skills worth noticing,
Perhaps to lead to fame,
A place where everybody
Everywhere will know their name.
Yet others criticize themselves,
Believing that they lack
Whatever talents that might earn
A pat upon the back.
No matter what they try to do,
It seems to come out wrong,
So to those more accomplished types,
They never will belong.
The truth is often in between,
For how we are perceived
Is often quite the opposite
Of what we have believed.
Yet it might be impossible
To burrow deep inside
To change the way we see ourselves,
And most have never tried.
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