You will be what you will to be;
Let failure find its false content
In that poor word "environment,"
But spirit scorns it and is free.
It masters time, it conquers space,
It cows that boastful trickster Chance,
And bids the tyrant Circumstance
Uncrown and fill a servant's place.
Be not impatient in delay,
But wait as one who understands;
When spirit rises and commands
The gods are ready to obey.
The river seeking for the sea
Confronts the dam and precipice,
Yet knows it cannot fail or miss;
You will be what you will to be!
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
