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Be The Best That You Could Be

tree

If you are a tree, be the best tree that you could be.

Let the hands of time mold your body

Endure the seasons ~ be sturdy.

shrub

If you’re not a tree

But a shrub only,

Be the best shrub that flourish

Your sight people will cherish.

herb

If you’re not a shrub

But a herb only,

Be the best herb that heals

So people may live.

weeds

If you’re not a herb

But a weed only,

Be the best grass that’s green.

To console the people in pain.

The Best~

And If fate will not make you any,

Then be just the soil maybe.

A fertile soil where seeds

Of herbs and weeds

And shrubs and trees grow.

              

 Somehow, in them you may live;

You will bring them life ~

Becoming the best that you could be.

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If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michaelangelo painted or Beethoven composed music or shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here live a great street sweeper who did his job so well. ~ Martin Luther King

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And when I die strew my dust-remains in the earth so trees may grow.

This week, the http://writersisland.wordpress.com prompts us to write about Persistence. I think this is how it should be.

~ by jeques on PMu11u3231 10, 2007.

17 Responses to “Be The Best That You Could Be”

  1. Absolutely beautiful and inspiring too!

    http://www.mypoeticpath.wordpress.com

  2. Ah…. I think this is your best yet. And being the best soil is no small thing - without the soil, nothing else.

  3. Very, very good! Yes it takes much persistence to be th best we can be.

  4. You’ve excelled yourself this time. Pure magic.

  5. Persistence, indeed! Nicely done…

  6. I came i read and I was impressed!

  7. As my tell my students, even if you wash dishes, be the best there is! I simply loved this post.

    Please post it here:
    http://worldpoetryday.blogspot.com/

    We must encourage that 9 year old boy!

  8. And also post it on Read Write poem on Monday. The link is:

    http://readwritepoem.org/

  9. I like the message in this post, good photos too. Is that a young baobab in the first photo?

  10. what a triumphant post… very empowering,, making me realize that each of us has something to offer… no matter how small….

  11. Hi Jeques,

    Thanks for your support for World Poetry Day. You are now on the contributors list on http://worldpoetryday.blogspot.com.
    Please post a back link to World Poetry Day. Thanks.

    Have a great day,
    happy easter,
    Milou

  12. Thanks for stopping by Read Write Poem. Lovely poem as essay and just right to read today!

  13. jeques, very nice, and very inspiring!

  14. Yes indeed - being the best you can be takes persistence. Good job!

  15. nice to see this inspirational post Jeques. loved the pics too. i hope im persistent enough to climb the next mountain hehe. happy easter

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  17. I know that I could ask you for your approval first. I found your poem through Google. After my job I wanted to come here, but you were first. Sorry again.

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