lovely poem

Hee...was reading through a book-living in the lion's den, when i came across this..

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 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 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-what is more-you'll be a man, my son!

Rudyard Kipling

*gRINz* would have added loads more to this poem...or changed a few lines..:) but, this poem..indeed :) if . Coincidentally...bought his book of poems the other day ..rarrs....if only such beauty were not hidden in random poetry!
*bEAMs* but indeed, impressive and admirable is the one who walks with fortitude, who treads amongst the extremes of life but remains unscathed, who passes through luxury without making luxury his or her end, to feel hate and anger but love even more, to be calm and resolute, to have an unyielding and undying passion, filled with compassion and humility..and is true to all..and seeks after You..

And yet..uncannily, changed in such a way in the one who sets him/herself apart for You...:) so many things to aspire to be, accomplished in You in that instant *sMILe*

to not be of the world, but set apart from the world..cause we don't belong to the world..

And i am thankful, for that. :)