If

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:40 am

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 these 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 worn-out 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 breathe 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!

-Rudyard Kipling

weeder · Post by **weeder** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:52 am

Theres a place for souls who uphold virtue,

But you wont find it here, on earth.

As they travel over hills and streams,

courage and integrity, will often mask their worth.

The virtuoso traveler, sees with different eyes.

Unafraid, and stead fast... spying truth...

shining light.. where shadows lie.

Independant thinkers never travel in a pack.

Commitment, strength, and innocence, holds their values intact.

There is more heart and kindness.. waiting to be found,

in the voice of a lone, and solo rider....

who stands apart from the maddening crowd.

Weeder 2007

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:04 am

Novelty;551830 wrote: What is wrong Liz? :-4

enough melancholy

The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.

William Blake.

I just found it beautiful & wanted to share it, it gives strength, its not melancholy. Ive not seen any of William Blake's work, i'll check him out, thanks :-6

weeder;551831 wrote: Theres a place for souls who uphold virtue,

But you wont find it here, on earth.

As they travel over hills and streams,

courage and integrity, will often mask their worth.

The virtuoso traveler, sees with different eyes.

Unafraid, and stead fast... spying truth...

shining light.. where shadows lie.

Independant thinkers never travel in a pack.

Commitment, strength, and innocence, holds their values intact.

There is more heart and kindness.. waiting to be found,

in the voice of a lone, and solo rider....

who stands apart from the maddening crowd.

Weeder 2007

I find that just as beautiful, in fact probably more so as i know you :-4

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:11 am

Life is full of coincedences sweet Kathy, bit freaky sometimes eh?

I think even if your not having problems its a wonderful empowering poem to read :-4

Elvira · Post by **Elvira** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:17 am

Novelty;551830 wrote: What is wrong Liz? :-4

enough melancholy

The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.

William Blake.

I adore William Blake - one of the true 'Greats' I love his poetry, but love his art more. I studied him in great detail at Art School.

I have something in common with William Blake - we both spent years obsessing over Michelangelo!

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:25 am

Elvira;551863 wrote: I adore William Blake - one of the true 'Greats' I love his poetry, but love his art more. I studied him in great detail at Art School.

I have something in common with William Blake - we both spent years obsessing over Michelangelo!

Im more a John William Waterhouse & Savatore Dali girl, but i'll definately have a look at Blake. Thanks for the heads up N & E

weeder · Post by **weeder** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:34 am

Ive copied the poem.. BC it is wonderul. I could stand to read it everyday. As there are so many areas of my life needing repair. Professional, financial, personal, and spiritual. It will give me strength.