Path to Resilience

When everyone's upset and blaming you,

Stay calm, be true to what you know is true.

Trust yourself when others don't,

But understand why their faith won't.

Be patient when waiting takes its time,

Don't join in lies or hate's grim climb.

Even if others dislike or admire,

Stay humble, neither high nor dire.

Dream, but don't let dreams control your way,

Think, but don't let thoughts lead you astray.

Both success and failure, treat them the same,

They're just impostors playing a game.

When your truths get twisted and used,

And things you've built are bruised and bruised,

Use old tools to mend and make anew,

Rise again, that's what you should do.

Take all you've earned, gamble it all,

Lose it, start over without a call.

Push yourself when strength has gone,

Hang on tight, keep holding on.

Be at ease with both common and great,

No enemy's hate or friend's loving state,

Should shake your heart or alter your touch,

Value all, but not too much.

Make each minute count, every fleeting span,

Fill it with deeds, do all that you can.

The Earth and everything within its span,

Will be yours, and you'll be a complete man