I am as my servant

I will be to you, so you will be to me
milder, kinder, gentler.
In my power, so your power,
and if I am rushed
and if I am without,
then that is how I am.
But let me be better than I am.
Let me be this.

***
note from the author -- I was very inspired by a line I heard today. I think it is from the Koran or possibly from the collected sayings of Mohammad. It said "I am as my servant thinks I am." It is meant to apply to Allah. If you think Allah good and kind, so he will be with you. If you think him vengeful, so he will be with you.

However, I understood more in the realm of human interaction, that the opinion of the "lowest" person one deals with, one's servant, is the true revelation of one's character. If others think me unkind, then I am unkind. I am not entirely sure if I believe that, in the Platonic sense that one must be measured against universals, not public opinion. However, in terms of encouraging people to be good to one another...

No doubt, this idea will continue for several days. I was interrupted while writing this poem.

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