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:
Just thought we might all benefit from re-reading this classic. Stay strong friends.
You are right of course! That's just the part I thought as the most relevant now. Unfortunately, it was produced at a time before our civilization was culturally enriched, so it's not that good... /s
I have the whole thing on my office wall, and I laid the text over a nice, faded in the background picture of reed in a marsh. Looks great.
I've been thinking about this poem all day.
Here is another one that also tells a story about what's going on and what could happen: http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_copybook.htm
thank you so much for this, it's lovely. i will give it to my son.
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:
Just thought we might all benefit from re-reading this classic. Stay strong friends.
That doesn't seem like the whole thing...
Ah, but you did link it. Nevermind!
You are right of course! That's just the part I thought as the most relevant now. Unfortunately, it was produced at a time before our civilization was culturally enriched, so it's not that good... /s