Monday, November 16, 2020

OPPORTUNITY - by Berton Braley

 




OPPORTUNITY

 by 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,

    It’s store of true wealth is still meager,

    It’s 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 peak 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,

    The best work hasn’t been done. 






 

 

 

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