by Mani Jack

Created on: September 03, 2010

TITILE: Of Everybody and A Few

Everybody can criticize,

but only a few can give solutions,

Everybody can hurt someone's feeings,

but only a few can apologize,

Everybody can learn,

but only a few can really teach,

Everybody can talk,

but only a few can listen.

Everybody can fall,

but only a few can stand up  and walk again.

Everybody can make money,

but only a few can save money.

Everybody can plan,

but only a few can implement it well.

Everybody can pray,

but only a few can offer themselves to God.

Everybody can laugh at someone's stupidity,

but only a few can help,

Everybody can lead,

but only a few can inspire.

Everybody can be a parent,

but only a few can a great parent.

Everybody can get A,

but only a few can keep it.

Everybody knows a word,

but only a few know how to use it.

Everybody can laugh,

but only a few can make practical jokes.

Everybody can brag,

but only a few can be humble.

Everbody receives a gift,

but only a few can say thank you.

Everybody can teach,

but only a few can share.

Everybody can cry,

but only a few can comfort them.

Everybody can go to school,

but only a few understand the purpose of learning.

Everybody can find a good friend,

but only a few learn how to be a good friend.

Everybody can make mistakes,

but only a few can learn from it.

Everybody can say I love you,

but only a few show it.

Everybody can throw beautiful words,

but only a few can balance it with reality.

Eveyrbody can cut a tree,

but only a few understand the importance of reforestation.

Everybody can make Big MISTAKE in their life,

but only a few sit down doing self-reflection.

Everybody is a sinner,

but only a few sit down and repent.

Everybody worships God,

but only a few accepts him truly.

Everybody can brag about religion,

but only a few understand that we are just ordinary human being.

Everybody can be a graduate,

but only a few understand they know very little about this world.

Everybody can get the best position,

but only a few look reflect on the stairs they had gone through.

Everybody can promise,

but only a few can deliver the promises.

Everybody can write,

but only a few express themselves well.

Everybody can be somebody else,

but only a few can be themselves.

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