A Masterpiece

This letter was written by Abraham Lincon to his sons teacher.....It has been a source of inspiration for generations of teachers and students alike...Please read on to get inspired."

He will have to learn, I know, that all men are not just and are not true. But
teach him if you can, the wonder of books.. but also give him quiet time to
ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun and flowers on a
green hillside.In school, teach him it is far more honorable to fall than to
cheat.....Teach to have faith in his own ideas, even if everyone tells him he is
wrong.Teach him to be gentle with gentlepeople and tough with the tough.Try to
give my son the strength not to follow the crowd when everyone getting on the
bandwagon...Teach him to listen to all men; but teach him also to filter all he
hears on a screen of truth, and take only the good that comes through.Teach him,
if you can, how to laugh when he is sad... Teach him there is no shame in
tears.Teach him to scoff at cynics and to be beware of too much sweetness..
Teach him to sell his brawn and brain to highest bidders, but never to put a
price on his heart and soul. Teach him to close his ears to a howling mob.. and
stand and fight if thinks he is right.Treat him gently, but do not cuddle him,
because only the test of fire makes fine steel. Let him have the courage to be
impatient.. Let him have the patience to be brave. Teach him always to have
sublime faith in himself, because then he will have faith in humankind.This is a
big order, but see what you can do. . He is such a fine little fellow my son!-
Abraham Lincoln"

Words That Can Change Lives

I have always believed that words have the power to influence lives.This has been proved over and over again by the writings of many a great writers.......Here I post the poem by Rudyard Kipling which teaches us in a very subtle way , about all the virtues that we can aspire to imbibe and follow in our lives......

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:

If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,

If you can
think--and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with Triumph
and Disaster

And treat those two impostors
just the same;

If you can bear to hear the
truth you've spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a
trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave
your life to, broken,

And stoop and build 'em up with
worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your
winnings

And risk it all on one turn of
pitch-and-toss,

And lose, and start again at
your beginnings

And never breath a word about
your loss;

If you can force your heart and
nerve and sinew

To serve your turn long after
they are gone,

And so hold on when there is
nothing in you

Except the Will which says to
them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your
virtue,

Or walk with kings--nor lose
the common touch,

If neither foes nor loving
friends can hurt you;

If all men count with you, but
none too much,

If you can fill the unforgiving
minute

With sixty seconds' worth of
distance run,

Yours is the Earth and
everything that's in it

,And--which is more--you'll be
a Man, my son!
--Rudyard Kipling .....(Inspiration)