This blog started as a way to chronicle the five-week trip Jeff and I took to Lake Tahoe to visit our children. We drove from West Virginia in a small van-style camper, stopping along the way to take in the sights and meet the people.
I have decided to keep this space to write about other places we have visited. Warm summer months will see more posting than in winter because that is when we travel the most. Posting will be sporadic and only when I have visited somewhere to write about.
I'll be anxious to see new updates, because I love your writing style and the way you find beauty in the landscape. I'm a lover of landscapes as well, and they don't have to be grandiose or virgin to have beauty and interest.
Figure it out for yourself, my lad, You've all that the greatest of men have had, Two arms, two hands, two legs, two eyes And a brain to use if you would be wise. With this equipment they all began, So start for the top and say, "I can."
Look them over, the wise and great They take their food from a common plate, And similar knives and forks they use, With similar laces they tie their shoes. The world considers them brave and smart, But you've all they had when they made their start.
You can triumph and come to skill, You can be great if you only will. You're well equipped for what fight you choose, You have legs and arms and a brain to use, And the man who has risen great deeds to do Began his life with no more than you.
You are the handicap you must face, You are the one who must choose your place, You must say where you want to go, How much you will study the truth to know. God has equipped you for life, but He Lets you decide what you want to be.
Courage must come from the soul within, The man must furnish the will to win. So figure it out for yourself, my lad. You were born with all that the great have had, With your equipment they all began, Get hold of yourself and say: "I can." ----------- wmknapp55@gmail.com heavenforsure.vom
2 comments:
I'll be anxious to see new updates, because I love your writing style and the way you find beauty in the landscape. I'm a lover of landscapes as well, and they don't have to be grandiose or virgin to have beauty and interest.
EQUIPMENT
by Edgar A. Guest
Figure it out for yourself, my lad,
You've all that the greatest of men have had,
Two arms, two hands, two legs, two eyes
And a brain to use if you would be wise.
With this equipment they all began,
So start for the top and say, "I can."
Look them over, the wise and great
They take their food from a common plate,
And similar knives and forks they use,
With similar laces they tie their shoes.
The world considers them brave and smart,
But you've all they had when they made their start.
You can triumph and come to skill,
You can be great if you only will.
You're well equipped for what fight you choose,
You have legs and arms and a brain to use,
And the man who has risen great deeds to do
Began his life with no more than you.
You are the handicap you must face,
You are the one who must choose your place,
You must say where you want to go,
How much you will study the truth to know.
God has equipped you for life, but He
Lets you decide what you want to be.
Courage must come from the soul within,
The man must furnish the will to win.
So figure it out for yourself, my lad.
You were born with all that the great have had,
With your equipment they all began,
Get hold of yourself and say: "I can."
-----------
wmknapp55@gmail.com
heavenforsure.vom
Post a Comment