tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024386608830755213.post6120922943908490834..comments2017-03-22T12:26:14.076-07:00Comments on Ginger: The Spice of Life: Safety in the StormAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326151489535346679noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024386608830755213.post-9610491981076709732017-03-22T12:26:14.076-07:002017-03-22T12:26:14.076-07:00Thank you so much!!! :) Thank you so much!!! :) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326151489535346679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024386608830755213.post-9077190586872789832017-03-18T22:47:36.505-07:002017-03-18T22:47:36.505-07:00“Good Timber” by Douglas Malloch
Good Timber
by ...“Good Timber” by Douglas Malloch<br /><br />Good Timber<br /><br />by Douglas Malloch<br /><br />The tree that never had to fight<br />For sun and sky and air and light,<br />But stood out in the open plain<br />And always got its share of rain,<br />Never became a forest king<br />But lived and died a scrubby thing.<br /><br />The man who never had to toil<br />To gain and farm his patch of soil,<br />Who never had to win his share<br />Of sun and sky and light and air,<br />Never became a manly man<br />But lived and died as he began.<br /><br />Good timber does not grow with ease:<br />The stronger wind, the stronger trees;<br />The further sky, the greater length;<br />The more the storm, the more the strength.<br />By sun and cold, by rain and snow,<br />In trees and men good timbers grow.<br /><br />Where thickest lies the forest growth,<br />We find the patriarchs of both.<br />And they hold counsel with the stars<br />Whose broken branches show the scars<br />Of many winds and much of strife.<br />This is the common law of life.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986841826339338191noreply@blogger.com