Qualified By Experience For M 'Lady Tara Poem by ivor or ivor.e hogg

The university of life
does not award fancy degrees.
Nor does it charge tuition fees.

Enrols you automatically
at birth involuntarily.
Provides the opportunity.

To learn by hard experience.
The lessons that you need to know.
The trials you must undergo.

The challenges you have to face.
Determine if you pass or fail.
What matters is that you prevail.

Pursue your dreams relentlessly.
Success or failure’s up to you
You will receive what you are due.

No more no less than what you’ve earned.
With life experience as your guide
you face the future qualified.

To over come the obstacles
which are imposed by circumstance.
At least you have a fighting chance.

Paper degrees don’t guarantee
that you can face adversity.
And win hands down defiantly.

Unlike life’s university.
Which teaches you what you can do
to overcome what troubles you.

06/08/2009
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