Be The Best

If you can’t be a pine on top of the hill,

Be a shrub in the valley, but be

The best little shrub at the side of the rill;

Be a bush if you can’t be a tree.

If you can’t be a bush, be a bit of the grass,

Some highway happier to make;

If you can’t be a muskie, then just be a bass,

But be the liveliest bass in the lake.

We can’t all be captains; some have to be crew,

There’s something for all of us here;

There’s big work to do and lesser to do,

And the task we must do is the near.

If you can’t be a highway, then just be a trail.

If you can’t be the sun, be a star;

It isn’t by size that you win or fail—

Be the best of whatever you are.

Success

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a little better place than we found it, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life breathed easier because you lived.  This is to have succeeded.

One Talent

I have no voice for singing;

I cannot make a speech;

I have no gift for music;

I know I cannot teach.

I am no good at leading;

I cannot “organize”;

And anything I write

Would never win a prize.

But at the roll call at the meeting

I always answer “Here”.

When others are performing,

I lend a listening ear.

After the program is over,

I praise its every part.

My words are not to flatter,

I mean them from the heart.

It seems my only talent

Is neither big nor rare;

Just to listen and encourage,

And to fill a vacant chair

But all the gifted people

Could not so brightly shine

Were it not for those who use

A talent such as mine.

                                                                                       ~Columbia Station Bulletin

A Winner’s Creed

If you think you are beaten, you are;

If you think you dare not, you don’t;

If you’d like to win, but think you can’t

It’s almost a cinch you won’t.

If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost;

For out in the world we find

Success begins with a person’s will,

It’s all in the state of mind.

Life’s battles don’t always go

To the strong or faster hand;

But sooner or later

The person who wins

Is the one who thinks, “I can”.

~Author Unknown

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