Monday, November 21, 2011

"IF" The" Bread" of Life.

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 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!  ~ by R. Kipling



This poem makes me think about one my Mothers favorite bands. Bread.Their catalog of music was as much of a staple as the band name in our house. "If" you don't know Bread "IF" Click here 

Mom loved great bands of the 70's.

Here are a few more favorites -
Chicago (the band) Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? Click here

Three Dog Night Joy To The World, Click here

Yes  Respect Greatness! This..I..Just..the words will make you out~n~out Click here
Roundabout Lyrics Click here 

Someone in my house loved Roundabout, played it all the time..um...

Fleetwood Mac ~ if you don't know Stevie well..., Bee Gee's   AND The Ohio Player, E.W.F, Heatwave and KC and The Sunshine Band Shake Your Booty Click here are among others I have named in other post. 


Nothing like a band.


It's Sunday!  I hope you had time to reset!

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