ACT the way you want to be,
and soon,
you will be the way,
YOU ACT.

Isn't it strange that Princes and Kings
And clowns who caper in sawdust rings,
And ordinary folk like you and me
Are the makers of eternity?

To each is given a bag of tools,
An hourglass, and a book of rules,
And each must make, ere life has flown,
A stumbling block or a stepping stone.

Anon