--- title: I Can Teach date: 2007-10-07T08:46:33Z modified: 2007-10-07T08:46:33Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/i-can-teach/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 138 categories: - Life Poems author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2007-10-07T08:46:33Z tags: - Life Poems --- I can teach you things but I cannot make you learn. I can allow you freedom but I cannot be responsible for you. I can teach you to share but I cannot make you unselfish. I can tell you about kindness but I cannot make you gracious. I gave you life but I cannot live it for you. Joy, until we have felt sorrow; Faith until we are tested; Peace, until we are faced with conflict; Trust, until we are betrayed; Love until it is lost; Hope, until we are faced with doubts give you back the past, nor satisfy your other daydreams. Your duty, your reward, your [destiny](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/dancing-with-destiny.md), is in the present moment.