A Lesson From Escalante Poem by Cynthia Buhain-baello

It was an instant in eternity
Some words that strike and linger

Touch cords in one's humanity
With wisdom to make one ponder

In life we face inevitable truth
There is some failure and defeat

But lessons learned from these bear fruit
When falling comes, to rise and meet

Again to face life's challenges
To not bow down nor count the falling

But to write there boldly in life's pages
The many times one gets up... rising.





'In life, you don't count the many times you fall -
you count the many times you get up.'

(Jaime Escalante)


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Copyright Cynthia Buhain Baello
March 5,2010