Yeah. Nice.
Thanks,
B
Ive lived by this
since a kid... its a poem, but rather spiritual in nature, at least for me.
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!
Yeah. Nice.
Thanks,
B
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
- Buddha
Yoga in Eugene
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This poem was very popular in
England when it was first published in the early 20th century, popular in Australia too.
I didnt know
this....
Quote:
"Lines from Kipling's 'If' appear over the player's entrance to Wimbledon's Centre
Court - a poignant reflection of the poem's timeless and inspiring quality"
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