O P P O R T U N I T Y
—Berton Braley
With doubt and dismay you are smitten;
You think there’s no chance for you, son?
Why, the best books haven’t been written,
The best race hasn’t been run,
The best score hasn’t been made yet,
The best song hasn’t been sung,
The best tune hasn’t been played yet.
Cheer up, for the world is young!
No chance? Why the world is just eager
For things that you ought to create:
Its store of true wealth is still meager
Its needs are incessant and great;
It yearns for more power and beauty,
More laughter and love and romance,
More loyalty, labor and duty;
No chance? Why, there’s nothing but chance!
For the best verse hasn’t been rhymed yet,
The best house hasn’t been planned,
The highest sky hasn’t been climbed yet,
The mightiest rivers aren’t spanned,
Don’t worry and fret, faint-hearted;
The chances have just begun.
For the best jobs haven’t been started—
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5 comments:
Thanks for joining the Monochrome throng - and with such a good portrait quartet.
I think B&W is by far the best medium for serious portrature, not that it is my metier. This week my wife posted one of myself, the first on this theme... now you have done likewise.
Good stuff.
Interesting and good portraits!
Pak Karamu mengunjungimu
Smiling Hello Ellie:)
Nicely written! Let me add my thought, change is imminent.
By the way, your journal is kind of inspiring and covered very good content. Will be back to read.
Warm greetings to Endonezya:)
N~
Enjoyed the photo and the words - the words which speak of hope, seems to me, even more than opportunity. Nifty.
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