It was back in the late 1970s, when I listened to the music of Roger Whittaker (during my summer-camp, guitar-playing period), that I first heard the song 'If' (the sung version of Rudyard Kipling's famous poem).
The smooth sound of the song, but more importantly the words of the poem, have stuck with me all these years.
As I contemplate the issues of middle age – as well as the current uncertainty in the economy – I believe there are valuable lessons for all of us in this poem.
The most compelling part of the poem for me are the lines: "If you can fill each unforgiving minute / With sixty seconds worth of distance run / Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it / And – what is more – you'll be a Man, my son!"
I hope you find inspiration and comfort in If too!
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