Loss and Gain

Human Kind has not woven the web of life.
We are but one thread within it,
Whatever we do to the web,
We do to ourselves.
All Things Are Bound Together,
All Things Connect...


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Loss and Gain


(By- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)


When I Compare
what I have lost, with what I've gained
what I have missed with what attained
little room do I find for pride.


I Am Aware
how many days have been Idly spent
how like an arrow the good intent
has fallen short or been turned aside.


But Who Shall Dare
to measure loss and gain in this wise?
defeat may be victory in disguise
the lowest ebb is the turn of the tide...