The world is full of opportunities. Discernment to perceive, courage to undertake, patience to carry through, will change the whole aspect of the universe for us and bring positive achievement out of meaningless negation.
With doubt and dismay you are smitten
You think there’s no chance for you?
Why, the best books haven’t been written
The best race hasn’t been run
The best score hasn’t been made yet
The best song hasn’t been sung
The best tune hasn’t been played yet
Cheer up, for the world is young!
No chance?
The world is just so eager
For things that you ought to create
Its store of true wealth is still meagre
Its needs are incessant and great
It yearns for more power and beauty
More laughter and love and romance
More loyalty, labour and duty
there’s nothing but chance!
For the best verse hasn’t been rhymed yet
The best house hasn’t been planned
The highest peak hasn’t been climbed yet
The mightiest rivers aren’t spanned yet
The master pieces hasn’t been painted yet
Don’t worry and fret
The chances have just begun
For the best jobs haven’t been started
The best work hasn’t been done
The world still awaits your best shot.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem