Be a winner

July 3, 1997.    10:00 PM, Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University, Canada

Even if you fall from a great altitude,

Don’t look back. Maintain a positive attitude.

Problems may come and problems may go;

Have steadfast mind for these to melt like snow.

People around you are often an illusion;

For your own problems, you find your solution.

Success would be yours, very fast;

Use your rich experience of the past.

Talk when necessary, otherwise maintain silence.

Silence leads to peace and inner resilience.

Too many words and slip of the lip,

Traps you, pins you down and pushes you from a cliff.

All your peace is within yourself,

Look not therefore, into someone else’s shelf.

Proclaim, “Everlasting bliss is all mine!” –

Dig deep within and seek that diamond mine.