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Andrew’s 2024 Year in Books
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Andrew R. Thompson Jr.
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A Dandelion Bouquet (For my Daughter Frances)
There are many flower bouquets of such beautiful designs,
But, they can’t compare to a child’s hand-crushed bouquet of dandelions.
You see, there’s a magic when a child picks flowers in an open field,
Each flower is picked with love; a love that’s forever sealed.
Oh, you can try to direct her to pick only the flowers nearby,
Yet, she’ll run to a far away flower, and we’ll never know why.
Tell her to pic Read more of this blog post »
But, they can’t compare to a child’s hand-crushed bouquet of dandelions.
You see, there’s a magic when a child picks flowers in an open field,
Each flower is picked with love; a love that’s forever sealed.
Oh, you can try to direct her to pick only the flowers nearby,
Yet, she’ll run to a far away flower, and we’ll never know why.
Tell her to pic Read more of this blog post »
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“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!”
― If: A Father's Advice to His Son
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!”
― If: A Father's Advice to His Son
“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!”
― Kipling: Poems
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!”
― Kipling: Poems
“There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.”
― The Death of Outrage: Bill Clinton and the Assault on American Ideals
― The Death of Outrage: Bill Clinton and the Assault on American Ideals
“A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.”
― The Private Dining-room and Other Verses
― The Private Dining-room and Other Verses
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak, it is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
― Winston Churchill: 101 Greatest Life Lessons, Inspiration and Quotes From Winston Churchill
― Winston Churchill: 101 Greatest Life Lessons, Inspiration and Quotes From Winston Churchill
