katyzzzIf
January 7th 2008 21:31
Lighthouse to poetry
This is such a thought provoking, inspiring poem and I only wish all the troubled young men/women in the world and their parents could read it and act upon it, it could turn lives around. This has been on Orble recently and I make no apology for its repetition. Its words and message are so awe-inspiring and I hope some men might take on board the comments and be induced to establsh a better and more paternal relationship with their sons.
Rudyard Kipling
If
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!
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Comment by Michaelie
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Do love Rudyard. He was about me a lot in my childhood!
Michaelie
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I just love If and the other one I've put on, target one a day, very wide ranging, most days except Saturday/Sunday but if my circumstances change I shall have to review the whole situation, it's OK for now.
Any aspiring poet can do well for themselves in studying the recognised works of others.
The beauty of poetry is being able to say so much in so few words.
katyzzz
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