• If you can be neither seen or heard,
    Speak up.
    If you can blend with the crowd,
    Stand out.
    If you can believe in something,
    Stand up.
    If you can see someone’s need,
    Reach out.


    If you can think for yourself,
    Don’t let that go to waste.
    If you can be your own person,
    Go with it and find your own taste.
    If you can do better,
    Don’t settle.
    If you can have compassion,
    Show it in a generous fashion.


    If you can work to your potential even when you don’t want to,
    And still find the incentive to do so.
    If you can keep a level head,
    Even when all the others fought you.
    If you can see who I am and who you are as one no more than the other,
    Despite what you’ve been told or have read.
    If you live for what lies ahead,
    And not in the moment.

    If you can see all you have for its true value,
    And not presume things will be handed to you.
    If you can give all that you have,
    So you can have what really matters.
    If you can give of yourself,
    Even when all you have is just that fraction.
    If you can, you will find true self satisfaction.