Another addition to my virtual commonplace book: I read "If" by Rudyard Kipling. It's a powerful poem that I believe every man should read and apply. 🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️ Thank you for watching!
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@dylangous5 ай бұрын
Any poem recommendations?
@kaushal_kumar24225 ай бұрын
Vardaan mangunga nhi by Shivmangal Singh SUMAN ❤
@tasha69345 ай бұрын
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost My favourite one
@ReformedAgnostic5 ай бұрын
Any of Pablo Neruda's love sonnets. The man was a genius.
@Singh-Shivam-YTube5 ай бұрын
Bluebird by Charles Bukowski
@CYI3ERPUNK5 ай бұрын
Ozymandias - Percy Shelley luv the other suggestions as well , all greats =]
@RavenTD465 ай бұрын
"If you can walk with kings, and not lose that common touch." Resonates with me, do not change who you are no matter who you are with.
@dylangous5 ай бұрын
I agree. One of my favourite lines as well.
@robinclarke99785 ай бұрын
Kipling was a very great author who could reel of a poem almost to order, this is one of the world's best.
@paraworth5 ай бұрын
This poem was recited to me by a wonderful man of 75 when I was 25. I’m 62 now and hugely grateful to the man who first introduced me to “if” If you can meet triumph and disaster and treat these two imposters just the same
@achyutsharma75 ай бұрын
They have this poem in our english book... I can finally be somewhat proud about reading something like this in my curriculum
@agniparamar87915 ай бұрын
This same Rudyard Kipling had donated to General Dier fund when he was resposible for Jaliawala Bagh massacre.This is not something we should be proud of.His poem should be removed.There are many great english poets who are not as bigot as Rudyard and thier poem should be introduce in curriculum.
@abhishekv48815 ай бұрын
@@agniparamar8791You are weak and afraid.Thats all.
@agniparamar87915 ай бұрын
You are afraid of knowing the real truth of your so called legendary poet.Rebuttal my point without judging me weak and afraid😃@@abhishekv4881
@Shipley4155 ай бұрын
@@agniparamar8791*their
@user-kw9hh6nj4x5 ай бұрын
@@agniparamar8791 proof?
@kartikeyabhai83905 ай бұрын
This poem holds great significance for Indian Armed Forces......I framed copy of this very poem is in the cabin of every cadet in NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY in Pune, who is training to be an officer of the Indian Navy, Army or Air Force.
@stratostatic5 ай бұрын
"Do you like Kipling?" "I don't know, I don't think I've ever Kipled."
@michaelpalmieri73355 ай бұрын
I believe that's a line from an episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies."
@georgeelder84155 ай бұрын
That's the most popular card/saying from around 1940.
@strange_thing-arra-36925 ай бұрын
"If you can think and not make thoughts your aim" Made me have an epiphany
@raulrostas71835 ай бұрын
Please explain.
@Why_did_YouTube_add_handles5 ай бұрын
@@raulrostas7183 Some people, in my case, in academia, force themselves to think for the sake of thinking when doing so is futile or excessive, so it rang a bell because I subconsciously did that.
@strange_thing-arra-36925 ай бұрын
@@Why_did_KZbin_add_handlesthanks a ton you saved me from all the typing and you put the point forward perfectly
@TheWizardOfTheFens5 ай бұрын
When I left home at the age of 16 in 1975, my grandmother who raised me from the age of three gave me a parcel of”goodies” to take with me. Inside the box was a letter and a hand written copy of “If”. I carried it with me through 13 years of service, reading it often…I still have it - it’s in eight pieces now, having worn away at the folds, I don’t read it as much now as I used to, but I do believe that every boy should read it, digest it and try - as best you can - to live by its guidance.
@loadeddiaper42165 ай бұрын
The struggles of manhood
@neelanshukumar43085 ай бұрын
The white man's burden 😔
@lumoborteidoku5 ай бұрын
This poem succinctly captures the moment that I am in... Thanks for introducing it to middle-aged me in 2024 💪🏾🤩
@marilynmccormick37315 ай бұрын
This has ALWAYS been my favorite poem.
@jacksavage2795 ай бұрын
One of my favorite poems of all time.
@fuzzy-025 ай бұрын
"If you can dream and not make dreams your master" I'm half stuck here, struggling to move out. Slowly but surely tho!
@ibrahimrashid80925 ай бұрын
crazy situation
@dylangous5 ай бұрын
You can do it bro.
@bocajrs76285 ай бұрын
A fantastic poem. I first read it when I was in high school in the 1970s.
@thisguy94005 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing!
@Randomynous015 ай бұрын
If i had a top 3 videos ive ever watched in my entire life and im over 40 , this would be one of them..
@johnminshell75955 ай бұрын
I had this Poem on my wall as a Widowed Single Dad Struggling to Work with a Mortgage to pay bringing up two young children , times were hard but we all came thru with Flying Colours. We never leaned on the State .
@scottjohnson6765 ай бұрын
First time hearing it. If I never had heard it life would still be the same from now on.
@terenceretter50495 ай бұрын
Sad.
@EAPforever5 ай бұрын
A very true and insightful observation. Well done Mr Kipling.👍
@ayushikumari73685 ай бұрын
I have read this poem in my school in class 7 and now I am above 25 and I still remembers each and every line of this poem. Its just became my favorite one when I read it for the first time itself.
@foxiepix51645 ай бұрын
I remember reading this poem when I was in my eight grade
@stevestowell-virtue37815 ай бұрын
I read this poem when I was a young man. That was a long time back.
@SineadC19965 ай бұрын
Beautiful!
@betsyhall50945 ай бұрын
Very great poem!!! I don't know who is capable of this without a great amount of faith in Jesus Christ and God!!! Even then I feel it is probably near impossible!!! This is 2024-- True humility --what I see this Poem meaning is very hard to achieve, is a lost thing these days when only 1 opinion seems to be tolerated!!!! It is said equal rights, but what is real is total rule & only that!!!
@eddiehyman32895 ай бұрын
Beautiful.
@charlrichardengelbrecht52695 ай бұрын
This was prescribed literature in my first year at high school in 1973 or thereabouts. If you can keep your head while all others are losing theirs, you don't understand the problem.
@dylangous5 ай бұрын
Isn't it a good thing for someone to remain relatively calm when everyone else is panicking?
@charlrichardengelbrecht52695 ай бұрын
@@dylangous That was a standing joke in South African military bands circa 1980.
@SaviorGabriel5 ай бұрын
@@dylangous It certainly is, though it frustrates me to no end whenever I see the people around me panic over things they've constantly dealt with. I can't think of any problem in this world that was ever solved by panicking.
@luisrathsam94365 ай бұрын
beautiful
@darrylshamrock5 ай бұрын
Wonderful!
@sharatsharma82735 ай бұрын
Great one for life,IF you have read it & followed up on it!!
@coljambla5 ай бұрын
An absolute classic.
@dylangous5 ай бұрын
You are an absolute classic, bro.
@mallikarjun.ssidanna24205 ай бұрын
Thnaks for posting this, iam soo glad that i have learnt most of this poems lessons in real life and hopefully understood some lessons, iam still learning and will ever be, i never knew this poem existed , iam in my 20s as well thank you
@Akkodha-5 ай бұрын
Good poem/portrait to add to my wall
@AnkitaMalviya1085 ай бұрын
so wise ❤
@kevinwhelan96075 ай бұрын
Recommendations? 'somewhere I have never traveled, gladly beyond' (sic) by EE Cummings, 'nirvana' (sic) and 'the burning of the dream' both by Charles Bukowski, 'Ten Pence Story' by Simon Armitage, 'There are no boring people in this world' by Yevgeny Yevtoshanko, "Into My Heart" by AE Housman, 'in celebration of surviving' by Chuck Miller.
@michaelmatthews58145 ай бұрын
I thought of this poem while I was reading Atlas Shrugged. I hadn't read it in a long time but something Ayn Rand wrote in her opus twitched a memory. Reading this brought back the entire poem to my conscience.
@devilsparadise88835 ай бұрын
Thank you, i really enjoyed this
@anandakrishnan455 ай бұрын
I had this poem to study in my 11th grade. It was my favourite back then…
@ApatiEktetheimenos5 ай бұрын
Nice job, Dylan. You know, that was a brilliant way to present this poem that I have always been too lazy to read. Now, I have read it and enjoyed it and I thank you! Its effort, and well done!
@danxcastle52005 ай бұрын
Wow. 🎉
@droptozro5 ай бұрын
Brand New is what I remember mainly hearing this. But it's a great poem
@chrislogan82835 ай бұрын
i love this poem, and also the poem about gunga din
@Tangaroa7755 ай бұрын
That was great
@krishneshwars88155 ай бұрын
❤
@kevinwhelan96075 ай бұрын
Well read. My nephew James does a very fine rendition of it and off by heart too. Keep up the good work🎉
@dylangous5 ай бұрын
James sounds like a good lad. Cheers!
@R.Merkhet5 ай бұрын
Immediate like!
@dylangous5 ай бұрын
Immediate heart!
@williampalchak75745 ай бұрын
I've never met this man. How does he know me so well?
@MrGilRoland5 ай бұрын
Listen to the read of Michael Caine of this poem, astounding reading of an astounding poem.
@ruidadgmailcanada85085 ай бұрын
Absolutely agree 👍
@dylangous5 ай бұрын
I agree bro. The age is his voice also adds layers of depth to his reading.
@crusader21126 ай бұрын
Great poem and read. I just got GK Chesterton's Father Brown Complete Works. 👍
@dylangous6 ай бұрын
Oh man that's awesome. You're in for a treat!
@crusader21126 ай бұрын
@@dylangous Thanks. Can't wait to read it.
@greyone405 ай бұрын
I found a copy about ten years ago in used book store. Now, where did I put it?
@SlavMarine5 ай бұрын
Talk about finding the middle in life.
@karankewatcc5 ай бұрын
Thankyou
@RM-lv9ng5 ай бұрын
Very Stoic ideas.
@dylangous5 ай бұрын
Definitely!
@maxstotto35945 ай бұрын
For present times, "The Gods of the Copybook Headings". Rudyard Kipling Regards
@potatochips.245 ай бұрын
i had this in my school curriculum. i memorised this poem for my elocution contest too. i love this poem. those school day...i miss it.
@sandeepsoni72695 ай бұрын
Subscribed
@Cherb1234565 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@mikekolokowsky5 ай бұрын
That’s a long list of things to aspire to. I might have done one of them once. So, here’s the question: if I’m not a real man, can I play in women’s sports?
@JosephDeLuna-yj8vg5 ай бұрын
My Kids Were Given A Copy Of This Poem!!!
@jerrymerryweather80345 ай бұрын
Also read 'The Thousandth Man'.
@AMANKUMAR-bt6cw5 ай бұрын
It was in my class 12 English book.
@das58135 ай бұрын
A better man than I Gungadin.
@Molden955 ай бұрын
Oh, well... Too much to remember. I guess I'll never really know if I'm a man.
@jimfritz20875 ай бұрын
I wonder if Roger Waters was inspired in some way when he wrote his song " IF" , for Pink Floyd .
@funspot95205 ай бұрын
Watch things to be broken for which you have given your life, this line gives abyssal pain :-(
@barbaramattson8175 ай бұрын
DOOO, YOU ENJOY KIPLING? I DON'T KNOW, I NEVER KIPPLED!!
@Mark735 ай бұрын
I knew which poem the thumbnail was talking about before I saw the title.
@ShoutsWillEcho15 ай бұрын
That's a whole lot of Ifs
@friendsandfamily1005 ай бұрын
I love this poem, read by Jocko Williams, music by Akira the Don Search Akira the Don - "If" on youtube.
@dylangous5 ай бұрын
This is the best version imo. Thanks for sharing bro.
@shubhamsaha18095 ай бұрын
That's how shashi tharoor speaks
@Leadvest5 ай бұрын
I mean ego death is an important step toward being effective, but you don't have to lose sight of dramatization, or lose the ability to emote. A man should be human first, and man second.
@Haeyvl5 ай бұрын
Ego death is a buzzword of the internet, really just propaganda people use to think you can rationalize hating the world and themselves.
@seaque.5 ай бұрын
This is pretty much stoicism.
@aldomonti8135 ай бұрын
Basically nobody on earth is a man, not even Kipling.
@freesk85 ай бұрын
We hold up a goal, and we try to achieve it. This makes us men, even if we fall short, as we nearly always do.
@dylangous5 ай бұрын
I agree. The point of an ideal is to strive for it, even if we know we will fail.
@kamanuvidiluis39525 ай бұрын
Ouch
@LoveTexasToast5 ай бұрын
did you miss the message?
@kamanuvidiluis39525 ай бұрын
@@LoveTexasToast no. I felt it
@rusalkin5 ай бұрын
@@kamanuvidiluis3952 particularly the "white mans burden" part :) but then again who cares - wisdom knows no race
@jasonholmes65435 ай бұрын
IF you can artfully sidestep this broken wisdom - you'll not have wasted your life, and possibly be a decent a human being
@dylangous5 ай бұрын
What about the wisdom do you think is broken? (genuine question btw)
@birdofevil79705 ай бұрын
You are a Liberal. Liberals admire Dylan Mulvaney not Rudyard Kipling.
@justsomeguy42605 ай бұрын
01:03 you sussy baka
@isaacserban72235 ай бұрын
el xokas
@soniawagenmanngrundies17875 ай бұрын
What about the women?
@motoflyte5 ай бұрын
a 'chonts' ?
@dylangous5 ай бұрын
A "chance" - South African accent.
@dogsbd5 ай бұрын
And here we are some 130 years later not knowing what a man or a woman is any longer.
@dylangous5 ай бұрын
Praying for your country bro
@abbush29215 ай бұрын
Why ?
@johnslaughter54755 ай бұрын
I don't need the text.
@Randomynous015 ай бұрын
That Philosopher believes in God
@rogerp46125 ай бұрын
Why is this exclusively of benefit to men?
@dylangous5 ай бұрын
It isn't. But the poem is a Father speaking to his son about manhood.
@rogerp46125 ай бұрын
@@dylangous which I presume could be read as easily by a woman as by a man.
@dylangous5 ай бұрын
Of course. @@rogerp4612
@WilliamRichards-tm1jm5 ай бұрын
Sounds like he has read the Bible...
@freesk85 ай бұрын
People used to do that a lot back then...
@BewareTheCarpenter5 ай бұрын
Trump fits this.
@williamrbuchanan41535 ай бұрын
Sounds like a ego boost to pride for soldiers eyes all about you as it was in the era .Death of others despair to ignore. Life of a soldier can’t do more, but it was all before. It is not now and that is how we must vow to not let it be as the past we see. Millions destroy by greed of innocents to satisfy a greed of the minority who are , not in need. Bible says Unite, not religion, but I must admit, that it is right.
@snowman333-5 ай бұрын
I so enjoyed Riki Tiki Tavi but was terribly bothered by his bigotry. I see he was also a hypocrite.
@justinjex15 ай бұрын
Micheal Caine read this sooo much better.
@dylangous5 ай бұрын
Of course! He's Micheal Caine 😄
@linux_b19695 ай бұрын
This poem is too caught up with what is considered honorable. "Don't panic, don't complain, don't rely on others"... This way of living seems both tiring and isolating, and removes humanity from life.
@jonathanlewis4535 ай бұрын
Abandoned values from a life more functional than our own. We are learning a lesson at present. Some are slower than others in apprising what it is.
@ceannscriteach814 ай бұрын
These are all all virtues I have had to learn as I’ve moved through my life (I’m 43), following them has worked for me as complaining gets you nowhere bar wasting time and energy while the reason for complaining will still in most cases still exist. Panicking doesn’t help alleviate a situation which has arisen and usually encourages a rash and regrettable reaction that leads to bigger problems to have to panic about. Relying on other people inevitably leads to disappointment at some stage, usually when least expected. I am not by any stretch a negative person or an isolated individual and am glad to accept help when offered but life so far has dictated that panic and complaining are no good and gets you nowhere fast and relying on other people leaves you weak and vulnerable.
@thomasjamison20505 ай бұрын
Kipling.... If...... Yes. if only Rudyard hadn't pulled strings to get his son with poor eyesight into the infantry after being turned down by both the Navy and the Army officer school for having poor eyesight. But at least John didn't suffer for long as he was more or less killed right away at Loos.
@themadhanna5 ай бұрын
My favourite poem is by Emmanuel Hudson. It reads; Roses are red, violets are blue, let's have sex.
@kinershah4645 ай бұрын
Thats deep. Something I would not expect to be in a kids English textbook. Last line is a bit disagreeable you wont be a man, you will be a monster.
@freesk85 ай бұрын
A man should not be weak and mild and peaceful all the time. A man should be powerful and dangerous, but under control.
@dylangous5 ай бұрын
...better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war.
@samherrick59205 ай бұрын
When did Mfs stop being called whimsical names like Rudyard Kipling?
@parrotshootist30045 ай бұрын
Such men are gone. Crowing about hard men and soft, shirking deeds as they go.
@kts69255 ай бұрын
Message of the poem has a touch from Bhagwat Gita teaching