What "IF"

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What IF you can keep your head

when everybody is losing their heads

and blaming it on... you

What IF you can trust yourself

when all men doubt you...

and make allowance for their doubting too

What IF you can wait

and not be tired by waiting...

and be lied on, but avoid telling lies

or be hated, but avoid feeling hatred

and yet... not look too good, nor talk too wise

What IF you can dream and not make dreams your master

What IF you can think and not make thoughts your aim

What IF you can meet with triumph or disaster

and treat those two imposters just the same!

What IF you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken

twisted by liars to make a trap for fools

... or watch the things you gave your life to be broken

yet stoop... and build them up again with worn-out tools

What IF you can make one heap of all your winnings

and risk them all in one single turn... then lose

... yet start all over from the beginning

and never breathe a word about your loss!

What IF you can force your heart, nerve, and tissues
to serve you long after they are gone

and to hold on when there's nothing in you
except the will to just 'hold on'

What IF you can talk with crowds

and keep your virtue

or walk with kings

nor lose the common touch

What IF neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you

and IF all men can count with you... but not in you

yet... you remain unaffected and just the same

THEN I BELIEVE YOURS IS THE WORLD

and everything that's in it.

and... which is more, you will be a man, a king, my son.

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