Followers

Friday, May 01, 2009

AS A MAN THINKETH

"You will be what you will to be;

Let failure find its false content

In that poor word 'environment'

But spirit scorns it, and is free.


It masters time, it conquers space;

It cows the boastful trickster, Chance,

And bids the tyrant Circumstance

Uncrown, and fill a servant's place.


The human Will, that force unseen,

The offspring of a deathless Soul,

Can hew a way to any goal,

Tough walls of granite intervene.


Be not impatient in delay,

But wait as one who understands;

When spirit raises and commands,

The gods are ready to obey."


by James Allen