Be The Best That You Could Be
And If fate would not make you any,
Then be just the soil maybe.
A fertile soil where seeds
Of herbs and weeds
And shrubs and trees would grow.
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Somehow, you would live in them;
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 posed 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.
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This week, the http://writersisland.wordpress.com prompts us to write about Persistence. I think this is how it should be.
Absolutely beautiful and inspiring too!
http://www.mypoeticpath.wordpress.com
PM000000110000002631 10, 2007 at 12:00 pm03
Ah…. I think this is your best yet. And being the best soil is no small thing – without the soil, nothing else.
PM000000110000001331 10, 2007 at 12:00 pm03
Very, very good! Yes it takes much persistence to be th best we can be.
AM000000120000001031 10, 2007 at 12:00 am03
You’ve excelled yourself this time. Pure magic.
AM00000030000001531 10, 2007 at 12:00 am03
Persistence, indeed! Nicely done…
AM00000030000002531 10, 2007 at 12:00 am03
I came i read and I was impressed!
AM00000030000000931 10, 2007 at 12:00 am03
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!
AM00000070000003731 10, 2007 at 12:00 am03
And also post it on Read Write poem on Monday. The link is:
http://readwritepoem.org/
AM00000070000003531 10, 2007 at 12:00 am03
I like the message in this post, good photos too. Is that a young baobab in the first photo?
PM00000010000005631 10, 2007 at 12:00 pm03
what a triumphant post… very empowering,, making me realize that each of us has something to offer… no matter how small….
PM00000060000001731 10, 2007 at 12:00 pm03
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
PM00000070000004731 10, 2007 at 12:00 pm03
Thanks for stopping by Read Write Poem. Lovely poem as essay and just right to read today!
PM00000080000003231 10, 2007 at 12:00 pm03
jeques, very nice, and very inspiring!
AM000000120000002931 10, 2007 at 12:00 am03
Yes indeed – being the best you can be takes persistence. Good job!
AM00000070000005031 10, 2007 at 12:00 am03
nice to see this inspirational post Jeques. loved the pics too. i hope im persistent enough to climb the next mountain hehe. happy easter
PM00000050000003631 10, 2007 at 12:00 pm03
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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.
AM00000030000004230 10, 2007 at 12:00 am04
jeques,
i totally agree on this one. whoever we are should be the best that we can be. we need to play our roles well. that is the true meaning of success, i guess.
AM00000010000004230 10, 2007 at 12:00 am09
BEAUTIFULLY expressed!
PM00000070000004530 10, 2007 at 12:00 pm11