Self Poem by William J. (Skip) Henderson Jr.

We know who we are and who we are not;
Children of God, He never forgot
Who we are and what we do,
To honor him, to thine own self be true.

The greatest gift to us is not life, but freewill.
The ability to choose our path, determine our destiny.
Life's environment certainly has an affect on it’s outcomes
But is not an overriding factor in our development.

It is our obedience to the laws he gave us,
How we apply ourselves to those tenets, how we treat our fellowman.
Knowing we are not perfect he leaves lots of room for error.
Forgives us our trespasses and misdemeanors.

Since the Garden of Eden, mankind has had that freewill
Become a burden that is expressed in such base manners that it
Decries what we do to each other in his name!

Since time immemorial mankind has killed more of his fellowman in
The name of God than all the territorial wars combined.
It continues today at a greater pace and fraught with more danger
Than at any time in recorded history of mankind.