Author Topic: To Risk - a poem by William Arthur Ward  (Read 1893 times)

Offline stresspuppy

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To Risk - a poem by William Arthur Ward
« on: November 27, 2009, 03:16:54 PM »
Hi BAF'ers, thought I'd share this poem 'To Risk' by William Arthur Ward, I like it lots. Rather than type it all out and potentially infringe any copyright stuff here's the website link:

www.appleseeds.org/to-risk_WAW.htm

or if that fails to take you there you can just do an online search for 'to risk' and William Arthur Ward.
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Re: To Risk - a poem by William Arthur Ward
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2009, 06:57:40 PM »
I love it!  ;D

The ending is truly inspirational:

Quote
The pessimist complains about the wind;

The optimist expects it to change;

And the realist adjusts the sails.


Thanks for sharing.
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