OPPORTUNITY

Welcome back to school! I have been waiting for this day for a long time. Even better will be May 10 when we all head back to school face to face. So many of you that I have chatted with over the past few weeks feel the same way. Yes sometimes the lessons might be boring or the work difficult but nothing beats the energy of a bustling classroom with 30 or more students eager to learn and excel in life.

I want to share with you a poem by Berton Brayley entitled Opportunity. Every one of us has something inside that the world needs, a famous invention, a beautiful song, a poem, a timeless piece of literature, a painting, a sculpture. Don’t miss your opportunity to leave your mark on the world.

With doubt and dismay you are smitten

You think there’s no chance for you, son?

Why, the best books haven’t been written,

The best race hasn’t been run,

The best score hasn’t been made yet,

The best song hasn’t been sung,

The best tune hasn’t been played yet,

Cheer up, for the world is young!

No chance? Why the world is just eager

For things that you ought to create,

It’s store of true wealth is still meager,

It’s needs are incessant and great,

It yearns for more power and beauty,

More laughter and love and romance,

More loyalty, labor and duty,

No chance–why there’s nothing but chance!

For the best verse hasn’t been rhymed yet,

The best house hasn’t been planned,

The highest peak hasn’t been climbed yet,

The mightiest rivers aren’t spanned,

Don’t worry and fret, faint hearted,

The chances have just begun,

For the best jobs haven’t been started,

The best work hasn’t been done.