torek, 14. september 2010

What's your favorite poem?

Do you have a fave poem? The current challege on the TAAFOMFT is really something special. Yes, I know this is a difficult decision to make because there so much different aspects to consider and for me poetry preferences are mostly related to my State of mind and heart. But I have a favorite one. My mom used to read to me this poem again and again and we still read it together, loudly. And every time we get the tears in our eyes. I just love it!! It's Be The Best of Whatever You Are by Douglas Malloch.


For this occasion I created a mega tag and you can understand that was a perfect gift for my mom, just to let her know again how much I love her.

And here is the text:
If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill
Be a scrub in the valley--but be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill;
Be a bush if you can't be a tree.
If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass,
And some highway some happier make;
If you can't be a muskie then just be a bass--
But the liveliest bass in the lake!
We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew,
There's something for all of us here.
There's big work to do and there's lesser to do,
And the task we must do is the near.
If you can't be a highway then just be a trail,
If you can't be the sun be a star;
It isn't by size that you win or you fail--
Be the best of whatever you are!





And I'm proud we have a beatiful slovene version:
Če biti ne moreš borovec vrh grička,
pač bodi le grm v dolini-
najlepši grmiček na bregu potočka,
če nisi drevo na višini.
Če nisi grmiček, pač bodi le bilka
in cesto okrasi samotno...
Če nisi za bobra pa bodi vsaj ščuka,
gladino razburkaj tihotno...
Je dosti posadke, en sam kapitan,
za vsakogar prostor se najde.
Če složni smo skupaj , ni delo zaman,
že barka pred ciljem se znajde...
Če nisi kot cesta pač bodi le steza...
in zvezda, ko sonce zaspi...
Velikost ne odloča, kdo vzpne se, pogreza....
A bodi najboljši, karkoli že si...



And there is another thing to share. My friend Tanya, a very talented girl and is celebrating.... I invite you to go on her blog and have a look into her fantastic world and to look what a fantastic candy she prepared. This candy is surley deliscious, isn't it????

10 komentarjev:

  1. Čudovito besedilo in krasen tag. Mama je bila prav gotovo zelo vesela tvojega izdelka.

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  2. Čudovit tagec in krasno besedilo :-))

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  3. Večkrat poskusim pogledat izdelek in ga v mislih preseliti nazaj v stanje, ko so to bili še kosi papirja in dodatki. Res se ne morem načudit kako nam uspe to spremenit v take prekrasne izdelke. Zelo zelo lep tag in odlično si ga osenčla in mu dodala piko na i z dodatki. Besedilo je super.

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  4. Krasna pesem, nič čudnega, da je tvoja najljubša. Tag pa je čudovito darilo mami, ki jo bo spominjal na vse skupaj recitirane verze.

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  5. Besedeilo je fantastično!!!( Sem ga kar skopirala v mapico-super verzi:):):))
    Pa tudi tag je zelo lep, spet polno detaljev, ki tvoje tage naredijo tako zanimive , prave umetnine.Vem, ker imam enega doma. Hvala!!!

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  6. This is really beautiful Jana!Love that poem!And I love the mega tag! Love the clock, that awesome masking and that butterfly!Love all of this!A perfect gift for your mom indeed.

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  7. What beautiful poem and what a gorgeous tag you made, so special!! Love that you read this together with your mom, I hope you will share this together for a long time!!!!
    Hugs, Hanneke

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  8. you have such amazing work, jana! please teach me how to scrap like you! ;)

    hugs,
    sarah.

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  9. Such a beautiful tag & poem, Jana! It reminds me of the beautiful tag you made for me! So special!

    Hugs...

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  10. love this tag... it's just so beautiful.. .
    {{hugs}} Michelle

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