The tale of Karen Casey.
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If you can keep your head when all about you  
  Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,  
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
  But make allowance for their doubting too;  
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
  Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
  And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;  
  If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;  
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
  And treat those two impostors just the same;  
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
  Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
  And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
  And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
  And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
  To serve your turn long after they are gone,  
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
  Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,  
  Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
  If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
  With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,  
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,  
  And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!

R. Kipling.

Chin up Kaz, hang in.  Human decency and dignity still exists, just a little thin on the ground.

PS. old Rudyard was a bit of a misogynist....  Big Grin
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The tale of Karen Casey. - by Kharon - 02-13-2015, 04:39 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 02-14-2015, 08:32 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 02-14-2015, 08:33 PM
RE: ICAO & Karen Casey. - by Minnie Banister - 02-15-2015, 04:37 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 02-15-2015, 11:55 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Kharon - 02-17-2015, 01:13 PM
RE: Cui Bono. - by Kharon - 02-19-2015, 02:49 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 02-24-2015, 08:46 AM
RE: The Pel-Air Curse. - by Kharon - 03-05-2015, 04:46 AM
A country that rogers it own citizens - welcome to Australia!! - by Gobbledock - 03-10-2015, 11:23 AM
RE: The Pel-Air Curse. - by Kharon - 03-11-2015, 04:22 AM
RE: Four Corners - Monday 03/22/15 - by Kharon - 03-19-2015, 10:46 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Peetwo - 03-19-2015, 01:57 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Kharon - 03-19-2015, 04:49 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by snorky - 03-22-2015, 06:55 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by slats11 - 03-23-2015, 01:05 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Peter Lovett - 03-23-2015, 10:15 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Peetwo - 03-24-2015, 09:35 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Kharon - 03-29-2015, 02:13 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by thorn bird - 03-29-2015, 04:54 PM
RE:An ICAO mention – Hmmm. - by Kharon - 04-17-2015, 07:35 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Gobbledock - 04-17-2015, 10:58 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Kharon - 05-02-2015, 08:28 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by thorn bird - 05-03-2015, 03:59 PM
My Artistic Right to Write..... - by Ziggy - 05-04-2015, 10:58 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by thorn bird - 05-04-2015, 06:19 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Peetwo - 05-04-2015, 07:56 PM
Ungagged Poetry - by Ziggy - 05-14-2015, 04:22 AM
Ungagged Poetry II - by Ziggy - 05-14-2015, 04:43 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Kharon - 05-14-2015, 01:13 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by P7_TOM - 05-14-2015, 04:52 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Kharon - 05-15-2015, 12:55 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Peetwo - 05-15-2015, 02:28 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by thorn bird - 05-15-2015, 04:48 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Kharon - 05-16-2015, 06:13 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by snorky - 05-16-2015, 08:42 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Gobbledock - 05-16-2015, 11:33 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Peetwo - 05-17-2015, 11:05 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Kharon - 05-18-2015, 07:34 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Peetwo - 05-18-2015, 10:40 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by P7_TOM - 05-18-2015, 11:59 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Bill Hamilton - 05-18-2015, 08:41 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Peetwo - 05-19-2015, 09:36 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by P7_TOM - 05-20-2015, 07:36 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Peter Lovett - 05-20-2015, 09:02 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Kharon - 05-22-2015, 07:19 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 05-23-2015, 09:37 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Greedy - 05-24-2015, 09:59 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Peetwo - 05-24-2015, 12:39 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by crankybastards - 05-23-2015, 12:06 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 05-25-2015, 11:03 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Kharon - 05-26-2015, 04:43 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 06-02-2015, 08:53 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Gobbledock - 06-02-2015, 09:16 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 06-02-2015, 12:55 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 06-04-2015, 01:22 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by slats11 - 06-09-2015, 10:31 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by P7_TOM - 06-10-2015, 07:08 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by slats11 - 06-10-2015, 10:28 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Gobbledock - 06-10-2015, 11:04 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 06-11-2015, 07:47 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Peetwo - 06-11-2015, 07:58 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by P7_TOM - 06-11-2015, 06:09 PM
Fight the good fight - by Gobbledock - 06-11-2015, 10:16 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 06-14-2015, 09:14 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 09-01-2015, 02:02 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 09-06-2015, 04:47 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by thorn bird - 09-06-2015, 06:42 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 09-20-2015, 10:20 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Gobbledock - 09-20-2015, 12:31 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Kharon - 09-21-2015, 06:42 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by P7_TOM - 09-21-2015, 05:32 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by P1_aka_P1 - 09-21-2015, 05:51 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 09-22-2015, 07:35 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 09-21-2015, 07:09 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Gobbledock - 09-21-2015, 07:40 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 09-22-2015, 07:46 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 09-22-2015, 07:53 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 09-22-2015, 08:26 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Peetwo - 09-22-2015, 11:00 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Gobbledock - 09-22-2015, 11:53 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 09-25-2015, 08:20 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 10-16-2015, 10:44 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 10-22-2015, 05:19 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Gobbledock - 10-22-2015, 06:57 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 11-28-2015, 08:43 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 01-08-2016, 09:24 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 01-12-2016, 12:11 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Kharon - 01-12-2016, 07:16 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Caravan Capers - 01-12-2016, 03:58 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Gobbledock - 01-12-2016, 08:20 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Peetwo - 04-26-2016, 09:53 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Peetwo - 05-01-2016, 11:37 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Peetwo - 05-17-2016, 06:52 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 05-07-2016, 10:19 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Peetwo - 05-25-2016, 06:29 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Kharon - 11-10-2016, 06:17 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Peetwo - 11-21-2016, 09:18 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Gobbledock - 11-21-2016, 10:26 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Kharon - 11-22-2016, 05:55 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 11-28-2016, 05:48 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by thorn bird - 11-29-2016, 08:48 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Sandy Reith - 11-29-2016, 07:04 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Kharon - 11-30-2016, 07:42 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Peetwo - 12-10-2016, 10:00 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by thorn bird - 12-11-2016, 08:10 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Ziggy - 02-27-2017, 07:43 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Kharon - 03-09-2017, 08:02 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Cap'n Wannabe - 03-09-2017, 08:51 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Gobbledock - 03-09-2017, 09:34 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Peetwo - 03-09-2017, 06:33 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Kharon - 03-10-2017, 06:42 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by ventus45 - 03-10-2017, 12:12 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Gobbledock - 03-10-2017, 12:38 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Sandy Reith - 03-12-2017, 01:41 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Peetwo - 04-28-2017, 10:23 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Peetwo - 05-16-2017, 08:19 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by P7_TOM - 05-18-2017, 08:43 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Kharon - 06-22-2017, 06:18 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Peetwo - 04-25-2018, 08:36 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Gobbledock - 04-26-2018, 12:00 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Gobbledock - 06-18-2018, 02:54 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by thorn bird - 06-18-2018, 07:43 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by P7_TOM - 06-18-2018, 08:13 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by WTFIncorporated - 06-18-2018, 10:56 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Peetwo - 06-19-2018, 09:03 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Gobbledock - 06-19-2018, 08:54 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Gobbledock - 06-19-2018, 01:24 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by P7_TOM - 06-19-2018, 07:14 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Peetwo - 06-21-2018, 11:47 AM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Gobbledock - 06-21-2018, 06:18 PM
RE: The tale of Karen Casey. - by Kharon - 06-22-2018, 06:31 AM
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