If — for Rudyard Kipling

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By Amy Niu | 00:00 UTC+8 August 25, 2020 |

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If you can fail and pick up yourself,

And keep moving;

If you can lose everything, and not lose hope;

If you can be pretty and not be distracted by it.

If you can be rich and still be humble;

If you can be famous and still remember your childhood friends;

If you are laughed at and still walk with your head held high.

If you are at huge disadvantages and still try to achieve your dreams;

If you are in darkness yet, are still trying to find light;

If you are being insulted,

Yet you let the insults easily bounce off you;

Then you are truly a person.

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