On my 16th birthday, my cousin Shelly gave me a book of poems. I still have that now well-worn book on my shelf and I still remember the note that she left in it that marked one of her favorite poems.
I’m not sure that I fully appreciated the significance of that poem at the age of 16 but I do today. The words are timeless and I’ve went back to read it often.
IF – by Rudyard Kipling
