If

[mystique]

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 impostors 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 all 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!


--Rudyard Kipling

[lola_phyne]

kim you should be a preacher or something like that. I know you didn't write this but you have a nack for knowing all these amazing words. You have the best advice ever. I should start giving you a dollar for every time you've given me piece of mind. With out you I would be in pieces.

[mystique]

oh my little darling.....you are special Caroline, very much so.... You have such a big place in my heart. Im here for you always.

[lola_phyne]

so do you. You have your own door that says "kim's section". It's a mighty big door.

[mystique]

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors.

[rav3r gurl]

"Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating"


hmmmmmm.......

that is all.

[mystique]

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,




yup thats what I said ....hmmmmmmm

[dabbler]

Originally Posted by mystique

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 impostors just the same;

so fucking cool

i love this poem (or whatever you want to call it)

it's great seeing that others on here appreciate this kind of stuff too

[mystique]

thank you.....im glad a select few can find the beauty in it

[{dC!}]

I find beauty in you ... ^

HehehE.

[mystique]

awww thanks david

[{dC!}]

Your welcome my dear ... :)

[Hota$$]

hmmm i think i like ur poem better... but mine has a noice hidden message..well not really hidden but w/e

[{dC!}]

Noice eH Sabrina ... ?

HahaA.

[Hota$$]

ya dave?! noice and toight

[{dC!}]

Werd ... ;)

[mystique]

enough you two, we have other threads for whoring

[sungoo]

I think this could quite possibly be the first poem by Mr. Kipling I do not despise.

[~*tct*~]

wow Kim my eyes actually teared up reading this, I think its amazing.

[mystique]

I agree, it is amazing....I was feeling kind of troubled by the weight of the world the other day...and was looking for some kind of inspiration to get me through it.... and this was the very first thing that came up.... so much of it applies to what has been going on as of late.....suddenly I saw things a whole lot clearer

[~*tct*~]

its funny how that happens sometimes, just one thing can change the way you look at a situation, I'm glad you found some inspiration. I hope everything turns out ok Kim. luv ya.

[mystique]

I love this poem
I had to dig it up again *sigh*

[lola_phyne]

Yeah it was definitely a good poem. good to reflect upon as well.