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Submitted by Pravs J on Sunday, 16 September 20074 Comments

Dare To Be

By Steve Maraboli

When a new day begins,
dare to smile gratefully.

When there is darkness,
dare to be the first to shine a light.

When there is injustice,
dare to be the first to condemn it.

When something seems difficult,
dare to do it anyway.

When life seems to beat you down,
dare to fight back.

When there seems to be no hope,
dare to find some.

When you’re feeling tired,
dare to keep going.

When times are tough,
dare to be tougher.

When love hurts you,
dare to love again.

When someone is hurting,
dare to help them heal.

When another is lost,
dare to help them find the way.

When a friend falls,
dare to be the first to extend a hand.

When you cross paths with another,
dare to make them smile.

When you feel great,
dare to help someone else feel great too.

When the day has ended,
dare to feel as you’ve done your best.

Dare to be the best you can -
At all times, Dare to be!

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4 Comments »

  • Lalit K Gupta said:

    Dear Steve,
    this is really nice & positive meaning of the word DARE, in negative World.

    - 17 September 2007 at 9:18 am
  • Nidhi said:

    It is very nice! It fills your heart with so much courage. I remember one quote said to life,” I dare to say to life to fill my world with all the difficulties
    and I will show you how I can come out of this”! Keep going and looking forward to see more poems from you.

    - 18 September 2007 at 10:48 am
  • Abeer said:

    Its true,straight,and real..I like it..I think if we dare,we would practice these phrases..its gonna be fair.so dare to be or dont say its not fair

    - 25 October 2007 at 1:04 pm
  • RITA.KH said:

    there’s no words could describe how wonderful is this POEM.

    I’ll DARE TO BE each case of these cases.

    I’m so gratful, your words encourage me & fill my heart with joy and hope…

    - 25 October 2007 at 4:21 pm

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