<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><div><b>“Equipment”</b> by Edgar Guest</div><div><br></div><div>Figure it out for yourself, my lad,</div><div>You've all that the greatest of men have had,</div><div>Two arms, two hands, two legs, two eyes,</div><div>And a brain to use if you would be wise.</div><div>With this equipment they all began,</div><div>So start for the top and say "I can."</div><div> </div><div>Look them over, the wise and great,</div><div>They take their food from a common plate</div><div>And similar knives and forks they use,</div><div>With similar laces they tie their shoes,</div><div>The world considers them brave and smart.</div><div>But you've all they had when they made their start.</div><div> </div><div>You can triumph and come to skill,</div><div>You can be great if only you will,</div><div>You're well equipped for what fight you choose,</div><div>You have legs and arms and a brain to use,</div><div>And the man who has risen, great deeds to do</div><div>Began his life with no more than you.</div><div> </div><div>You are the handicap you must face,</div><div>You are the one who must choose your place,</div><div>You must say where you want to go.</div><div>How much you will study the truth to know,</div><div>God has equipped you for life, But He</div><div>Lets you decide what you want to be.</div><div> </div><div>Courage must come from the soul within,</div><div>The man must furnish the will to win,</div><div>So figure it out for yourself, my lad,</div><div>You were born with all that the great have had,</div><div>With your equipment they all began.</div><div>Get hold of yourself, and say: "I can."</div></div><div><br></div>———————————————<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>