{"id":2360,"date":"2009-03-28T20:35:56","date_gmt":"2009-03-29T01:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artofmanliness.com\/?p=2360"},"modified":"2021-06-03T10:11:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T15:11:49","slug":"manvotional-reveille","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manhood\/manvotional-reveille\/","title":{"rendered":"Manvotional: Reveille"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nonwhite aligncenter wp-image-2362 size-full\" title=\"Reveille bugler\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/\/2009\/03\/bugler.jpg\" alt=\"Reveille Bugler playing the trumpet illustration.\" width=\"463\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2009\/03\/bugler.jpg 463w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2009\/03\/bugler-320x414.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I think we all have gone trough periods of our lives where we feel like we&#8217;re stuck in neutral.&nbsp; Sometimes too much stress and pressure or just too much laziness can push us into a rut that seems impossible to get out of. The hardest part of getting out of a rut for me is taking that first step. Every part of myself will resist it. It just takes some good old fashioned self-will to get past the initial resistance. It also helps to get some motivation from an outside source. AoM reader David Wells suggested a fantastic poem by A.E. Housman that&#8217;s the perfect motivator when you feel like you&#8217;re in a rut. It&#8217;s called &#8220;Reveille,&#8221; and it&#8217;s about an unnamed lad whose being roused to action. My favorite line is the last: <em>Up, lad: when the journey&#8217;s over there&#8217;ll be time enough to sleep<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Damn straight.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the poem.<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n\/\/ < ![CDATA[ tweetmeme_url = 'https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/2009\/03\/28\/manvotional-reveille'; \/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/tweetmeme.com\/i\/scripts\/button.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><!--more-->Reveille by A.E Houseman<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p><em>Wake: the silver dusk returning<br \/>\nUp the beach of darkness brims,<br \/>\nAnd the ship of sunrise burning<br \/>\nStrands upon the eastern rims. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Wake: the vaulted shadow shatters,<br \/>\nTrampled to the floor it spanned,<br \/>\nAnd the tent of night in tatters<br \/>\nStraws the sky-pavilioned land. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Up, lad, up, &#8217;tis late for lying:<br \/>\nHear the drums of morning play;<br \/>\nHark, the empty highways crying<br \/>\n&#8216;Who&#8217;ll beyond the hills away?&#8217; <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Towns and countries woo together,<br \/>\nForelands beacon, belfries call;<br \/>\nNever lad that trod on leather<br \/>\nLived to feast his heart with all. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Up, lad: thews that lie and cumber<br \/>\nSunlit pallets never thrive;<br \/>\nMorns abed and daylight slumber<br \/>\nWere not meant for man alive. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Clay lies still, but blood&#8217;s a rover;<br \/>\nBreath&#8217;s a ware that will not keep.<br \/>\nUp, lad: when the journey&#8217;s over<br \/>\nThere&#8217;ll be time enough to sleep.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Do you have suggestions for a future Manvotional? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/contact\/\">Email me<\/a> your ideas for poems or essays that we can use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think we all have gone trough periods of our lives where we feel like we&#8217;re stuck in neutral.&nbsp; Sometimes too much stress and pressure or just too much laziness can push us into a rut that seems impossible to get out of. 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