PRIDE IN THE NAME OF LOVE

If—
by Rudyard Kipling
(‘Brother Square-Toes’—Rewards and Fairies)
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 on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe 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!



Now, with that being said where in the fuck is that man?
I know he or she is at home looking at the state of this country, all races, and all creeds, thinking “WHY WOULD I EVER LEAD YOU FUCKERS”?
Our pride in things that we love has destroyed the very fiber of our world. There has yet to be a detractor come forth and say it is wrong. What is wrong? Everything is wrong. Education…failure, relationships…do you really think Oprah has the answers? Health care…do you even have it? JOBS AND WAGES…HOW IN THE WORLD CAN YOU BUY A LOAF OF BREAD WHEN YOU MAKE 6.50 AN HR?
Now, with that being said there is a disconnect from the things we love and the things we dislike about it.
I love my child and, they need to act right, I love my neighborhood, and it needs to be rebuilt. I love my mate and they need to prove that love. I love my country and it needs to get it together.
Note, there was not one mention of the word but…you know the word that negates everything you have previously said. Time and time again we have gone with the grain, lived in our comfort zones and not just one time realized that there is entirely too much pain in these directions.
Where is the going in a different direction, because the way we are going is the wrong way?
Where is the you know” I LOVE THIS AND IT CAN BE BETTER, BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE.”
We live in disparagement yet, we just wont say its wrong, here is why, and here is what we can do differently to correct it.
Not live like this or be afraid of the class bully saying
“YOU CANT JUST CUT AND RUN”