be of substance
in all things;
leave the emptiness
of flash and flair
to those with something to hide;
reveal yourself in time -
fully formed
in values
and in mind -
far better to be
slow but complete
than hurried and half-baked;
you have nothing to prove
to anyone beyond your mirror,
you know who you are,
you know what you believe,
this is what gives you substance
in this world
