If you can look yourself squarely
in the eye,
In peace you will live and in peace die!
If on your conscience you have no weight,
As a good person you can yourself rate!
If of your actions you are proud,
Rest assured you will stand out in a crowd!
Dignity is the biggest blessing to seek,
But it is not for the spineless and the weak!
If you are truthful and can hold your head high,
If you life is not a walking lie,
If people and their feelings you have not trampled upon,
If not down the road of perdition you have gone,
If through the storms of life you have kept your dignity intact,
You are the blessed one and deserve true respect!
If you have allowed no one your self-respect to trample upon,
Believe me, a dignified mantle you don!
If on the side of dignity you yourself find,
Consider yourself as the chosen one to whom God is kind!
Dignity is more precious than all your material wealth,
Than it there can be no truer barometer of your inner health!
Arun Bhagat
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Thank you, Sahil dear! Stay blessed.
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Superb sir..
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Thank you very much, dear, for all your kind appreciation!
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So very well put about one’s dignity,
The most precious of an entity.
God bless Arun
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Thank you very much, Sunita Ji!
Yes, dignity is very important and needs to be maintained at any cost!
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Beautiful poem sir!
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Thank you, Vijay Laxmi, for your very kind observation! God bless you!
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Very well expressed.
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Thank you very much, dear! Feels good to know that you liked the composition.
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