[dynachrome]

Do you have a roof over your head?

Yes

Do you have food on the table?

Yes

Is anyone shooting at you?

No

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Don't panic

[bamagirl1944]

Love it! This was always one of my favorites.

[cdga5for4]

The Kipling “poem” one of Coach Bob Knight’s favorites.

[null and void]

He: Do you like Kipling?

She: I Don’t know, I’ve never kipled...

[Constitution Day]

Thank you for posting this!

See tagline...

[mojito]

Thanks for the reminder, in these times, of what real character is all about.

[griffin]

I don’t care for poetry......

But I like this. Thanks.

[RedStateRocker]

“If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,”

Then you're nuts.
Some of us hate risking anything on a turn of the cards or market, and resent bailing out the adrenaline junkies who do.
But then I'm an insurance geek, the whole focus of my studies and career is to prevent loss and/or prevent the severity of same.
I laugh at people who lose money gambling, be it at a casino or in anything more risky than an annuity:-)

Semi tongue in cheek:-) Bitter at being expected to bail out those who expected something for nothing

[DustyMoment]

Kipling is one of the all-time best writers around. His works are timeless and, if anything, he should still be taught in school.

Mt dad introduced me to the works of Rudyard Kipling and I can’t thank him enough for it!!

[HonorInPa]

My Grandfather gave me this poem on my 18th birthday - over 33 years ago - as words to live by. He's been gone for many years but your post reminds me of how much I miss him, and sadly how far we've strayed from his type of values.

Thank you!

[grb]

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:

This part reminds me of GWB and the way he reacts to being beaten on every day.