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COMICS & POEMS 2: Life's Lessons by Anne Shaw, Poetry

Life's Lessons

If you can't be a tree, be a bush,
But be the best little bush on the hill.
Opportunity's door is marked, "Push,"
And failure's door says, "Stand Still."

If you think you're too small for big things,
Then do small things in a big way,
You cannot win if you don't begin,
And the best time to start is today.

If you can't score the goal, give the cheer,
Every life has a goal to be found.
Just remember today's mighty oak,
Was a nut who once held his ground.


--Written by Anne Shaw

This poem is featured in An Hour at Sunrise, an Anthology of Poetry released by the International Library of Poetry in November 2000.

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