Just to get started ...."For now we see, as through a glass darkly"

Muted sight through darkened glass
Filtered, unclear, blurred  illusion.
But through darkened glass,
seeing not only beyond
but beyond tinged within reflected.
To see through a glass darkly
Is to see a partial reflection of oneself
And so, what is beyond the glass
What needs the seeing
Is muted, unclear, filtered, blurred, illusionary
and a reflection of the self
darkly.

One's life is the material expression of one's values

Look at your life... what you like about it, what you don't. The life you live right now (especially if you're my age) is a direct reflection of your values and a direct result of your decisions. Not the diseases you've suffered, not someone else's moves or influences but your very own actions, responses, choices etc. that spring from your own values.
One can always reassess one's values... but not without facing them and their results squarely. Once one has some life under the belt, this is a humbling and sometimes frightening proposition.... but oh so liberating.