{"id":15388,"date":"2003-11-14T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2003-11-14T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?page_id=15388"},"modified":"2019-11-17T18:50:27","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T00:50:27","slug":"if","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/moral-principles-for-young-people\/if\/","title":{"rendered":"If"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If<\/h1>\n

by Rudyard Kipling<\/p>\nIf you can keep your head when all about you
\nAre losing theirs, and blaming it on you;
\nIf you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
\nBut make allowance for their doubting too;
\nIf you can wait, and not be tired by waiting,
\nOr lied about, don\u2019t deal in lies,
\nOr being hated, don\u2019t give way to hating,
\nAnd yet don\u2019t look too good, not talk too wise.\nIf you can dream \u2013 and not make dreams your master;
\nIf you can think \u2013 and not make the thoughts your aim;
\nIf you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
\nAnd treat those two impostors just the same;
\nIf you can bear to hear the truth you\u2019ve spoken
\nTwisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
\nOr watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
\nAnd stop and build \u2018em up with worn-out tools.\nIf you can make one heap of all your winnings
\nAnd risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
\nAnd lose, and start again at your beginnings,
\nAnd never breathe a word about your loss;
\nIf you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
\nTo serve your turn long after they are gone,
\nAnd so hold on when there is nothing in you
\nExcept the Will, which says to them: \u201cHold on!\nIf you can walk with crowds and keep your virtue,
\nOr walk with Kings \u2013 nor lose the common touch,
\nIf neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
\nIf all men count with you, but none too much;
\nIf you can fill the unforgiving minute
\nWith sixty seconds\u2019 worth of distance run,
\nYours is the earth, and everything that\u2019s in it,
\nAnd \u2013 which is more \u2013 you\u2019ll be a Man, my son.\n

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Photo by Ante Hamersmit on Unsplash<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMoral Principles for Young People\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNext Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If by Rudyard Kipling 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 lied about, don\u2019t deal in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4934,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15388","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13807,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/raising-godly-children-in-a-wicked-world\/four-and-five-year-olds\/","url_meta":{"origin":15388,"position":0},"title":"Four and Five-Year-Olds","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 22, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Four and Five-Year-Olds Obedience Training Preschoolers (and kindergartners) can communicate in complex ways. 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