I SEE .. IF Rudyard Kipling Hello everyone! Reading THE KNIGHT IN WINTER and TATIANA & ALEXANDER I found some verses of Rudyard Kipling and then I got curious about the net I found some information ...
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (Mumbai, December 30, 1865 - London, 18 January 1936) was a British writer and poet, born in India and voice of colonialism.
His most famous work is the children's story The Jungle Book (The Jungle Book) (1894). Famous is also the story of espionage set in India, Kim (1901) as well as poems Gunga Din (1892) and Se (If) (1895).
The verses that can be found in books by Paullina were taken from the poem IF I searched and found ..
SE .. If you can keep your head when all about you
forgiveness and you make a fault;
If you can trust yourself when all
doubt it, but also to take account of the doubt;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied
about, do not deal in lies, Or being hated
, do not give way to hating, And yet
do not 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 way;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to
fools, Or watch
the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build
with worn-out tools
If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on
one turn heads and tails,
And lose, and start again
the beginning And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your
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 with the people,
If it can not hurt you or the enemy's closest friend,
If all men count with you , but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
valuing every minute that passes,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son !
... And for those who prefer the original language:
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 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 imposters 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!
(Rudyard Kipling)
In summary, it becomes real men "when they reach a stable and self-consciousness that do not lose your temper even when those around us is in a panic, or when you learn some" virtues "such as speaking , to think, forgive, love, dream, take risks, does not affect us, never give up and always believe in ourselves.
Here is a nice video of the poem .. This poem I love it and every time I need a little 'strengths and a bit 'I read the comforting.
