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Download the Good Things Guy App now on Apple or Google. Sources: The Dash Poem (By Linda Ellis) Don’t ever miss the Good Things. Would you be proud of the things they say ‘Embrace Positivity and Hope in Negotiating Career Crossroads’: Lessons for Grade 12s of '23.He noted that first came the date of birth

He referred to the dates on the tombstone Read the poem below: The Dash Poem (By Linda Ellis) The book captures and expands upon the theme of the original poem: It’s not your birth or death that matters most, but how you spend each passing year. The poem later became a book: The Dash – Making a Difference with Your Life and has now sold over one million copies. It has become an enduring phenomenon that touches hearts to this day. Messages came in from people around the world eager to tell Linda how her words had touched their hearts.

When an announcer read ‘The Dash’ aloud on a syndicated radio program, it became an instant, meteoric success and set a new trajectory for the next 20+ years of her life. Global (07 March 2022) – Linda Ellis’ poem called ‘The Dash’ illustrates the importance of the ‘little line’ that is written between the date of a person’s birth and the date of their passing.Įllis started writing poems as a child, a talent inherited from her Irish grandmother. It’s not your birth or death that matters most, but how you spend each passing year.