ETFnerd Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 This morning my friend empeg9000 posted one of my favorite poems in the blogs. Some of you may know Kipling's famous IF poem... it goes like this...IFIf you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you,If you can trust yourself when all men doubt youBut 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 DisasterAnd treat those two impostors just the same;If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spokenTwisted 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 winningsAnd risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,And lose, and start again at your beginningsAnd never breath a word about your loss;If you can force your heart and nerve and sinewTo serve your turn long after they are gone,And so hold on when there is nothing in youExcept 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 minuteWith 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 Kiplingof course >>> i <<< can presume that i can improve it and make it betterer... mine goes like this...WHENWhen you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you,When you can trust yourself when all men doubt youBut make allowance for their doubting too,When 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:When you can dream–and not make dreams your master,When you can think–and not make thoughts your aim;When you can meet with Triumph and DisasterAnd treat those two impostors just the same;When you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spokenTwisted 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:When you can make one heap of all your winningsAnd risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,And lose, and start again at your beginningsAnd never breath a word about your loss;When you can force your heart and nerve and sinewTo serve your turn long after they are gone,And so hold on when there is nothing in youExcept the Will which says to them: “Hold on!”When you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,Or walk with kings–nor lose the common touch,When neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;When all men count with you, but none too much,When you can fill the unforgiving minuteWith sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, ;-)Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,And–which is more–you’ll be a [Wo]Man, my [daughter and] son!- ETFnerdi think i have more faith in humanity than Kipling does... and more gender awareness... hahaha... so there you go Kip... i fixed it for ya... hahaha... i ETF'd the f*** out of that one... i don't care what u think of me. unless u think i'm awesome. in which case u're right. Intro - Workout Log - ABS Log - Fitness Philosophy - Accountability - NERDEE - Weight Maintenance Link to comment
empeg9000 Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 Nice work! Check out my woodworking at peonywoodworks. Link to comment
Missy Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 HaHa i like it :applause::applause::applause: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]I am what I am...- Popeye Link to comment
cracked_belle Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 bahaha, nice improvements! XDI have a friend who actually has all of "If" memorized. O_o there is never a sudden revelation, a complete and tidy explanation for why it happened, or why it ends, or Why or Who you are. you want one and I want one, but there isn't one. it comes in bits and pieces, and you stitch them together wherever they fit, and when you are done you hold yourself up, and still there are holes and you are a rag doll, invented, imperfect. and yet you are all that you have, so you must be Enough. there is no other way. ― Marya Hornbacher, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia Link to comment
LRB Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 Awesome! LRB, Lifelong Rebel Badass || June 3 challenge thread"What I lack in ability, I make up in stubbornness" -me"Someone busier than you is working out right now" -my mom Link to comment
Tom Kenobi Posted June 22, 2012 Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 Standing. Ovation. "First, decide who you would be and then do what you must do." ~Epictetus Link to comment
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