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It's good to be proud of where you come from but it's important that you remember it's your duty to carry on the family name. Dignity and honor are not inherited, it's earned.
It matters not you have the blood of heroes.
It matters not your family's claim to fame.
It matters not your riches and possessions.
What matters now is how you bear the name;
For though you have the blood of kings and heroes,
And their exploits have been chronicled through time,
It matters not who may have gone before you,
What matters is the man who's next in line.
Your ancestors were brave and stalwart people.
Your father was a hero tried and true.
Your grandparents were good and honest people,
And now they've passed the torch along to you.
How they lived their lives is done and over.
Their deeds are theirs and theirs alone.
How you live your life is now what matters.
What matters now is what seeds you have sown.
Will others now be glad that they have known you?
Will family be proud you are their own?
It matters not what be your heritage.
It's the name that you have earned all on your own.
Copyright © Judy Ball | Year Posted 2018
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