October 2nd, 2007
jesus christ
lovely...
what a lovely name
what a lovely name
Posted by wxyz at 12:16 AM | make me smile
hold on, my dear.
do you know Rudyard Kipling's poem, If?
I received a copy of that through an email an old friend of mine. It was indeed very timely.
If
Rudyard Kipling.
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 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!
Interestingly, yesterday, i was listening to Riverymaya's song, If.
"If i could choose to live my life, there'd be no if's to say."
i'm looking for my soul's counterpart.
Up Dharma Down's The World is Our Playground and We Will Always Be Home
"....
everyday, you find reasons to stay...
this is where i belong,
this is where i belong."
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hmmm, after reading the poem If again. i'm thinking twice. definitely, i'm not a man! it seems like the author is talking about balance or is it stoicism? anyways, it's all right. hold on.
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ayoko na ng ikot nang ikot.
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marami na sila pero ngayon, they're just all in my mind. i've forgotten some of their names already. only the palpable people i remember - well, not even all.