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do not quit and do not lower your head down</p><p id="c6f1">If you treat others with kindness as you want to be treated If you are not being mindless nor act vain and conceited</p><p id="9721">If you fill your heart with Love find someone you care about If you rise from your ego above and tone down your self-doubt</p><p id="c584">If you accomplish these and more then <a href="https://skordilis.medium.com/going-to-the-sea-3474b868d4f7">the stars themselves</a> are the limit you could even open the Door and discover this world’s true meaning</p><p id="20d5">A poem by <a href="undefined">Nikolaos Skordilis</a> inspired by Kipling’s <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46473/if---">If- poem</a>. Kipling wrote it for his son. I wrote it for <i>you</i> dear reader. If you liked it I think you’ll like this poem too:</p><div id="c418" class="link-block"> <a href="https://skordilis.medium.com/poem-for-whoever-b234b984b50c"> <div> <div> <h2>Poem for Whoever</h2>

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POETRY | IF | RUDYARD KIPLING | MOTIVATION | INSPIRATION

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A poem inspired by Kipling’s poem

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If you’re released of envy and hate despite sensing them all around you If your soul ditches its excess weight and you do not let it bound you

If you embrace your darkness make peace and it stops haunting you If a lot of courage you harness and your demons stop pounding you

If you have perseverance and grit do not give up when you’re let down If you keep going and do not quit and do not lower your head down

If you treat others with kindness as you want to be treated If you are not being mindless nor act vain and conceited

If you fill your heart with Love find someone you care about If you rise from your ego above and tone down your self-doubt

If you accomplish these and more then the stars themselves are the limit you could even open the Door and discover this world’s true meaning

A poem by Nikolaos Skordilis inspired by Kipling’s If- poem. Kipling wrote it for his son. I wrote it for you dear reader. If you liked it I think you’ll like this poem too:

I also recommend this poem by David Rudder:

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