This is a poem, that I wrote, when I worked as a Salesman for a
Window Company in Cheltenham.
RAY OF SUCCESS
What is SUCCESS ? I ask you : Is it a state of mind ?
It’s a word that’s spoken daily, throughout mankind.
A word that suggests, you have reached the heights of desire.
Quite often, when you get there, you can see higher.
When you do, you will see someone else looking down at you, to your disgust,
Saying, “ Why not come up here LITTLE MAN and be a SUCCESS with us ? ”
I suppose you could answer, “ I may stay here, or come up there, but I’ll only be passing through.
There are higher places for the likes of me, should I wish to go there, because I’m SUCCESSFUL too.”
What do we need to SUCCEED ? Is it something we should do each day ?
Perhaps it’s already with us, or something we should take away.
SUCCESS is what you make it, but don’t cry !! if by chance you lose,
If you are SUCCESSFUL, then you can do anything you choose.
If you could buy SUCCESS in a potion, or grow it from a seed,
The best thing it could do for you, is to remove your desire to SUCCEED.
[And then you will have]
By Ray Lavin 1986.
