Be Modest

When things grace us,

Our faith and resilience soar.

We feel stronger and worry about nothing.


When hit by ill-luck,

Our actions shrink up.

We trudge with faintness and falter.


Things may take divergent paths.

Receive them with the same verve.

Stand sturdily and accept.
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