Speech to the Young : Speech to the Progress-Toward 

by Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000)

Say to them,
say to the down-keepers,
the sun-slappers,
the self-soilers,
the harmony-hushers,
"even if you are not ready for day
it cannot always be night."
You will be right.
For that is the hard home-run.

Live not for battles won.
Live not for the-end-of-the-song.
Live in the along.

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Alright, moving right along now, into 2010! It is going to be bright!