Poetry To Motivate

You cannot change the world, 
But you can present the world with one improved person - Yourself. 

You can go to work on yourself to make yourself
Into the kind of person you admire and respect. 
You can become a role model and set a standard for others. 
You can control and discipline yourself to resist acting
Or speaking in a negative way toward anyone for any reason. 
You can insist upon always doing things the loving way, 
Rather than the hurtful way. 
By doing these things each day, you can continue on your journey
Toward becoming an exceptional human being. 

It is not so much WHERE you live, 
As HOW, and WHY, and WHEN you live, 
That answers in the affirmative, 
Or maybe in the negative, 
The question Are you fit to live?

It is not so much WHERE you live, 
As HOW you live, and whether good 
Flows from you through your neighborhood
. And WHY you live, and whether you 
Aim high and noblest ends pursue, 
And keep Life brimming full and true. 

And WHEN you live, and whether Time 
Is at its nadir or its prime, 
And whether you descend or climb. 
It is not so much WHERE you live, 
As whether while you live you live 
And to the world your highest give, 
And so make answer positive 
That you are truly fit to live.