"mirror, mirror....
on the wall...
who's the
tiredest...
of this all...?"
"why...
that would
be you,
Catsinger..."
"but why...
why pose
such a
question...
to me...
the magic mirror ?"
"because, I am so very tired of all of this...
it never ends...
and I have been down
THIS road before...
right around that corner, over there...
is a deep, deep hole...
and all around it are quicksand bogs...
hidden in the brier patches...
nope... no way, do I want to go there...
EVER AGAIN..."
"sounds like you are... afraid....
I thought I just heard you ...prattling on ...
all maudlin and sentimental...
about how "God" conquered all your fears...
don't you believe anymore ?"
"mirror, mirror...it's not that I don't believe in God...
I'm not sure that I believe in me..."
"so you're having a crisis of faith ?"
"only of faith in myself..."
"why do you need to believe in yourself too ? ...
isn't believing in God enough for you ? ...
or are you so special that you need something "more" ?..."
"God tells us to love our neighbor, AS OURSELVES.......
and I'm at a point where to get past myself...
I have to look long and hard at myself...
I not only don't like what I see...
it's the same old stuff...the same old me...
I don't see how it can be fixed...
even by God... unless He does lobotomies..."
"oh, sarcasm....how precious...
..oh wait... I see now...
it's "gallows humor"...
you humans are so predictable...
things get tough...and it's 'wah,wah'...
'poor me...I'm SOOO sad...'
'I tried SOOO hard...'
and it STILL didn't work'...
GET OVER IT ! ..."
what you need is to give up all this 'God' stuff...
I'll whip up a spell or two and you'll be happy...
'happy as a pig in slop'...
in NO time at all"...
"uuh, NO THANKS...
I'm not 'into' that sort of thing...
I'm just tired of being the "me"...
that pretty much has to be alone...
because I can only be taken in small doses...
I'm just so tired of the struggle...
but I'm not sure how to effectively give it to God..."
"sounds like a gift I wouldn't want to get...
what makes you so sure that God wants it ? "
"He says that He'll accept me, just as I am...
and He has... He's changed SO much already...
I've asked Him to change these parts of me before...
but I still manage to hurt those I care for...
I just don't understand what to do..."
"maybe He's not who you think he is..."
"I have NO DOUBT ...
that He is exactly who I think He is...
I only have doubts about me...
and my ability to become whom ...
He wants me to be..."
"so, why come whining to me ? ....
believe or don't...
I DON'T CARE..."
"I suppose it does come down to that, doesn't it ?
either I believe that God will change me...
even if I don't understand how...
or why He would take 60 years... to start...
or I don't...
it can't be any simpler...
Thanks magic mirror... !
you've really helped me to
"see things clearly"...
I feel so MUCH better now... ! "
"uuh, don't mention it...
I REALLY mean it...
if this should get back to the Wicked Queen...
or the Wicked Witch of the West...
or...[gulp] "the boss"...
I'd be melted down for scrap in no time...
'aid and comfort to the enemy', you know...
oh bother !...
please...JUST GO !..."
"OK... I'll show myself out...
wait a minute...
how do I get through this hall of mirrors ?"
" heh,heh,heh....you're the one with "friends in high places"...figure it out !"
"Lord, be a light unto my path...direct me in the way that I should go...
Thank you, Jesus..."
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