9 September 2019 — ‘IF’ BY RUDYARD KIPLING

I’m not sure why this poem has been going around and around in my head this morning but it surely has been!

The lines which have the most significance for me at the moment are: “If you can make one heap of all your winnings and risk it in one turn of pitch and toss, and lose and start at the beginning and not breath a word about your loss ……..yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it and, which is more — you’ll be a man my son!’

How wonderful to be able to take risks and trust in providence instead of the mind holding on to things and worrying about loss, knowing that whatever happens we have no choice but to cope with, and cope with it we do.

The Point Of Power is surely ours when we can do this!