Poems about tidiness manual#

Speak your truth quietly and clearly and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant they too have their story.Īvoid loud and aggressive persons they are vexatious to the spirit. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. Truly, a deep and meaningful composition if ever there were one. It touches upon many areas of existence from our relationships and careers to ageing and our mental well-being. It is hugely uplifting and affirms life as something to be journeyed through with integrity and compassion.

Poems about tidiness manual#

This prose poem is like an instruction manual for life. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sightīlind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,Īnd you, my father, there on the sad height,Ĭurse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,Īnd learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Though wise men at their end know dark is right,īecause their words had forked no lightning they Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Old age should burn and rave at close of day It reminds us in a powerful and persuasive way that life is fleeting and we ought to make the most of the time we have on this planet. But the author urges us not to yield to death too easily and to fight for life ‘til our last breath. Do not go gentle into that good night by Dylan Thomasĭeath is inevitable, and as this poem states (‘death’ being ‘dark’), it is right. Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,Īnd-which is more-you’ll be a Man, my son!Ĥ. With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, If all men count with you, but none too much If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, Or walk with Kings-nor lose the common touch, If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, To serve your turn long after they are gone,Īnd so hold on when there is nothing in youĮxcept the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’ If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

If you can make one heap of all your winningsĪnd risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,Īnd lose, and start again at your beginningsĪnd never breathe a word about your loss Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,Īnd stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools: Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken If you can meet with Triumph and DisasterĪnd treat those two impostors just the same If you can think-and not make thoughts your aim If you can dream-and not make dreams your master Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,Īnd yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise: If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,īut make allowance for their doubting too If you can keep your head when all about you It’s like a recipe for life – and it provides a most satisfying meal. It inspires, it motivates, it provides an example to follow. This poem calls out for you to endure, keep going through, and rise above the adversity you will face. Life will challenge you – physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. And so, we mustn’t regret the road not taken. We can do our best to make good decisions, but we’ll never truly know how much worse or better an alternative might have been. No matter which way we go, we cannot foresee where it will take us, nor how the other would have turned out. This famous poem begins at a fork in a wooded path and ushers the reader along one “road” as a means of explaining that we must choose one way or another and not dilly-dally in life. Life is made up of a succession of choices. It challenges you to go out and live your life in the present moment as a “ hero” and leave your mark on this world. This rhyming poem is the spark that can reignite the fires within you. A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow