Zen Pencils by Gavin Aung Than for April 10, 2023
Transcript:
Life is a game with a glorious prize if we can only play it right. It is give and take build and break and often it ends in a fight. But he surely wins who honestly tries regardless of wealth or fame. He can never despair who plays it fair. How are you playing the game? Do you wilt and whine, If you fail to win in the manner you think your due? Do you sweet at the man in case that he can and does, do better than you? Do you take your rebuffs with a knowing grin? Do you laugh tho' you pull up lame? Does your faith hold true when the whole world's blue? How are you playing the game? Get into the thick of it-wade in, boys! Whatever your cherished goal. Brace up your pulses thrill, and you dare to your very soul! Do something more than make a noise, let your purpose leap into flame. As you plunge with a cry 'I shall do or die' Then you will be playing the game.
I found a page crediting Grantland Rice as the editor of this poem… But nothing saying Rice was the actual author. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/10763/10763-8.txt