For me, "If" by Rudyard Kipling is one of the most beautiful poems ever written. It perfectly describes my "angst" in trying to convey knowledge and wisdom accumulated throughout a lifetime with the objective of sparing the young loved one from the pain and suffering life brings with it.
I won't bother you any longer, here it is;
IF
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 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:
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!’ >/center>
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!
aun no tengo steemit chat :P luego lo instalo y cuando coincidamos hablamos, que ahora tengo que salir, un saludo!
P.D en el otro mensaje no me dejaba contestarte por eso te lo pongo aqui.
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Gracias... luego hablamos!
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It's such a beautiful and inspirational poem!
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