Get A Life

- Douglas Malloch -

If you can’t be a pine on top of the hill,
Be a scrub in the valley - but be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill;
Be a bush if you can’t be a tree.

If you can’t be a bush, be a bit of grass,
Some highway happier make;
If you can’t be a muskie, then just be a bass -
But the liveliest bass in the lake!

We can’t all be captains, we’ve got to be crew,
There’s something for all of us here,
There’s big work to do, and there’s lesser to do,
And the task we must do is the near.

If you can’t be a highway, then just be a trail,
If you can’t be the sun, be a star;
It isn’t by size that you win or fail -
Be the best of whatever you are!

- Helen Lowrie Marshall -

Aim for a star!
Never be satisfied
With a life that is less
than the best,
Failure lies only
in not having tried -
In keeping the soul
suppressed.

Aim for a star!
Look up and away,
And follow its
beckoning beam,
Make each Tomorrow
a better Today -
And don’t be afraid
to dream.

Aim for a star, and keep
your sights high!
With a heart full of faith
within,
Your feet on the ground,
and your eyes on the sky,
Some day you are bound
to win!