Start where you stand

A Beautiful poem by Berton Braley.. I loved it so thought to share it..

Start where you Stand and never mind the past,
The past won't help you in beginning new,
If you have left it all behind at last
Why, that's enough,  you're done with it, you're through;

This is another  chapter in the book,
This is another race that you've planned,
Don't give the vanished days a backward look,
Start where you stand.

The world won't care about your old defeats
If you can start anew and win successes;
The future is your time,  time is fleet
And there is much work and strain and stress;

Forget the buried woes and dead despair,
Here is a brand-new trial right at hand,
The future is for him who does and dares,
Start where you stand.

Old failures will not halt, old triumphs aid,
To-day's the thing,  to-morrow soon will be;
Get in the fight and face it unafraid,
And leave the past to ancient history;

What has been,  has been;  yesterday is dead
And by if you are neither blessed nor banned;
Take courage,  man,  be brave and drive ahead,
Start where you stand.