Listen to me, I have much

To say

Why would they listen

When there is so much

To listen to?

There are so many people

Who wish to speak

There are so many different

Things to be said

Things to be heard

Things that need to

Be heard, and

There is a difference

In the two.

What I listen to with

My Ears

Is reviewed by

My Mind

What goes into

My Mind

Influences

My Heart

What influences

My Heart

Will be the deciding factor in

My Actions

The first thing I do in response

To someone who irritates me.

The first thing I say when

I am asked to share something

Best not said.

The first one I give credit when

Asked how I have succeeded.

The first words I say to my Wife

When I come home.

To my son

When he makes a horrible mess.

To my Mother

When she calls at a bad time.

The first reason I give a customer

When they ask why I am so cheerful.

What do we listen to?

What should we listen to?

What do we watch?

What should we watch?

What do we treasure?

What should we treasure?

There is the good

There is the evil

And there is the neutral.

Yes

I know that good in brings good out.

Evil in brings evil out.

What about

The neutral?

What does that do?

Television shows, music, movies, paper, books, news

Not always good, not always bad.

I define it.

I decide it.

More neutral in than good

Ferments.

It becomes in its nature evil.

For I should think,

Should dwell,

on what is good

On what is holy

On what is just

On what is right

On what is true

These things influence my actions

My actions define my character

My character defines my life.

Who are you?