Rodolfo Martin Vitangcol Biography

DECADES AGO, WHEN I WAS JUST A LAD,
I planted a mango tree in my yard.
Days after, how I wished with fruits it weighed,
Law of Nature dictates I had to wait.
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AS SALES TRAINER, I ONCE RECEIVED A CALL.
Caller asked:"Is this Mr. Vitangcol? "
I said:"Yes, speaking.How can I help you? "
Caller:"You conduct sales training, don't you? "
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WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE GIVING UP ON YOUR DREAMS
—having tried your best but just won't, it seems—
think that you're choosing the pain of losing
over the pleasure of persevering.
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WE OFTEN HEAR, "HOW DO YOU DEFINE LOVE? "
I have one—I've drawn it from up above.
"Love is a tree! "—oh so incomparably,
finding out what's love, it fits to a T.
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LET ME SHARE WITH YOU ONE LOVELY STORY
that I heard from someone at a party.
It recounts of two men moving afloat—
a scholar and a man who rows the boat.
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