If
Rudyard Kipling
Part 1 of 2

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;
Unknown "Richie<3" - 16 years, 8 months, 20 days ago

If
Rudyard Kipling
Part 2 of 2

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!
Unknown "Richie<3" - 16 years, 8 months, 20 days ago

I learnt how to set a current mood on this today! \:D/

I didn't know you had to click set mood after choosing a mood from the pulldown menu -- I thought that was just a label. When it didn't show up before I thought only other people must be able to see the mood next to my name.

I know, everyone else figured it out straightaway. :P
Unknown "Richie<3" - 16 years, 8 months, 20 days ago

My Tip of the Day: Frozen Grapes.
Seriously. Place them in the freezer and let them 'freeze'. They don't freeze completely (something to do with water content), and change to a kinda sorbet. They're pretty nice.
Unknown "Richie<3" - 16 years, 8 months, 23 days ago

Le chat est dans l'arbre!!
Unknown "Richie<3" - 16 years, 8 months, 24 days ago