Show Notes:
Episode 68. Poetry to Carry with You Through Hard Times
In this episode, Alex Ooley discusses three poems that continue to inspire him and that he hopes will inspire others to persevere through adversity and live the good life.
Resources:
Meeting Triumph and Disaster With the Ideal Man - Intellectual Takeout
https://intellectualtakeout.org/2022/10/meeting-triumph-and-disaster-with-the-ideal-man/
Taking Poetry to Heart Is a Lifetime Gift - Intellectual Takeout
https://intellectualtakeout.org/2022/08/taking-poetry-to-heart-is-a-lifetime-gift/
If— by Rudyard Kipling (Poem + Analysis)
https://poemanalysis.com/rudyard-kipling/if/
Desiderata: Original Text
https://www.desiderata.com/desiderata.html
Desiderata - A Life Changing Poem for Hard Times - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaVaF6TkSUU&t=25s
Desiderata by Max Ehrmann - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFxvV7-JDRw
What-Will-Matter
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"What Will Matter" Michael Josephson
https://appleseeds.org/What-Matters.htm
What Will Matter? A Poem by by Michael Josephson. Spiritual Reminders
http://billjohnsononline.com/what-will-matter/
If— - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If%E2%80%94
If by Rudyard Kipling - Read by Sir Michael Caine - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqOgyNfHl1U
Timeless Advice from Rudyard Kipling
https://fee.org/articles/timeless-advice-from-rudyard-kipling/
Manvotional: "If" by Rudyard Kipling | The Art of Manliness
https://www.artofmanliness.com/character/manly-lessons/manvotional-if-by-rudyard-kipling/
"If-" by Rudyard Kipling | The Art of Manliness
https://www.artofmanliness.com/if-by-rudyard-kipling/
The Life of Jack London #8: Success at Last | The Art of Manliness
If— by Rudyard Kipling - Poems | Academy of American Poets
If— by Rudyard Kipling | Poetry Foundation
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46473/if---
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