Assalamualaikum..
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!
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!
Rudyard Kipling
sungguh, aku sangat suka dengan poem ni. seriously, poem ni banyak sangat memberi semangat kat aku. whenever i sad, it gives me reasons to smile. whenever i fall, it gives me strengths to rise. That's how words can be swords. senjata untuk melindungi diri, dan melukai.
dulu, abah pernah bagi nasihat yang lebih kurang macam ni. dari kecil lagi, abah selalu pesan macam-macam. Jangan macam tu lah, jangan macam ni lah. Buat itu, buat ini lah.alhamdulillah, mujurlah aku dengar cakap abah. sebab sekarang, abah dah tak lagi bagi nasihat macam dulu. dah tak lagi senyum macam biasanya. ya, physically, aku tau abah dah tak sama. tapi dalam hati aku yakin, abah masih macam dulu.
aku belajar poem ni dulu masa dalam tingkatan empat. waktu tu even belum lagi belajar deeply tentang literature macam sekarang, aku dah start jatuh hati dekat poem ni. seriously aku rasa ni macam abah aku yang tengah bagi nasihat. cuma tukarlah kan, sbb dalam poem ni refer to son, aku pulak daughter. so now, this poem basically reminds me of my abah. bila aku sedih, lemah atau terluka, aku mesti akan baca poem ni. yup, i'm deeply in love with it.
so, kepada korang yang mungkin perlukan kata-kata semangat dan jugak nasihat, i sincerely recommend this poem to you. ape? susah nak faham poem ni? don't worry, kat bawah ni ada description sekali.. read it with your heart, may you find peace. ^_^
There could be many meanings of Rudyard Kipling's If poem. Depending on the reader's perception, this poem could take on several different meanings. However, it does give a great basis for contemplating one's own meaning of life's difficulties and one's outlook on life.
Several of life's challenges can be construed from the first eight lines. People who are unable to accept responsibility for their actions or inactions will shirk their responsibility on the matter and blame someone else for their misgivings. The poem stresses the importance of accepting one's own responsibility for the choices made; not to play the blame game. Look within yourself for the answers and do not allow others to push you down or make you feel small and unworthy of life's good things.
The poem stresses the importance of being true to yourself and when the doubting try to break you down by doubting your abilities don't let those doubts keep you from achieving your goals. However, take note of those who doubt you. Consider their doubts and make improvements to yourself or life as you know it to counteract those doubts. Learn to be humble and don't become a braggart.
Dare to dream, but do not allow that dream to control your every waking moment. Embrace the dream as your own, but do not trample others to achieve that dream. Be triumphant when your dreams are fulfilled, but do not become a martyr. When disasters occur in life, learn from them; do not ignore the disasters or triumphs in your life as they both have different effects on life as you know it. Both can destroy and both can give life. How you interpret that is your choice and how you choose to live will not only affect you, but will affect anything and everything that is near and dear to you.
Learn to speak the truth and take responsibility for your actions or inactions that may cause an upset in your life. Do not place blame where it doesn't belong. You make your own choices and placing the blame on others only exacerbates the problem. You cannot learn from bad choices if you constantly blame others for your misgivings. When life throws you curves from the side lines, steer around those curves, embrace them as a learning tool, and do not lose sight
of lessons learned.
When you've been kicked down, get back up and do not by any means allow that kick to destroy your true self. Become stronger and wiser because of those lessons learned. Gather all things that are broken in your life and put them back together again to make it stronger. Strength is in the way you handle the stressful times in your life whether those stressors are good or bad. Live your life in the right way. Be true to yourself. Be true to others. Leave a mark on the world, so once you're gone from this mortal world, you will be remembered with kindness and love.
Do not allow success to overcome your kindness to others and do not lose the ability to have compassion and empathy for others' plight. Walk with the kings, but do not tread on others to get there. This sentence has great meaning all by itself. Do not lose yourself in the money world and do not put others down because of their situations. Give as much as you can to others who need your help and do not focus solely on your goals in life without being careful or wary of those actions and what those actions might do to others.
Do not become oblivious to others' pain and suffering. Be kind and offer them your help. Turning your back on the needy is selfish and greedy. By doing this to others, you are not only hurting those who need your help, you are hurting yourself. Become a man of integrity and compassion because it will bring you rewarding outcomes. Be true to yourself, your loved ones, and anyone else who might cross paths with you. You know the saying: the grass is always greener on the other side? It's meaning can be numerous, but the meaning has a lot of truth. Do not burn your bridges because some day that grass on the other side of the bridge might look really good to you and you can't achieve your goal of reaching that grass because you burned all your bridges.
In short, to me this poem puts a great emphasis on do unto others as you would have them do unto you. If you can get through life with all its curves, good or bad, you can be proud of yourself for tackling problems head on. Be humble and do not brag about your successes or whine about your losses. If you can go without bragging and whining and learn from your mistakes, you will achieve the greatest rewards: to be a man.
Author: Paula Testerman.
panjang kan? haha.. basically inilah bennda-benda yang aku kena baca untuk kelas English studies a.k.a literature. lagi banyak daripada ni sebenarnya. tapi apa pun, through this overview, aku harap korang boleh dapat some kind of inspirations.
yang ni pulak video daripada youtube. mana tau, maybe boleh dapat feeling siket ke nanti..
do love this poem like i always do.
with love, bye! :)
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