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Don’t Quit!!!

February 5th, 2008

For those times when you feel like things are getting
to hard, or your resolve is getting weak, I have found
that a good quote, movie, or poem is sometimes all I
need to remind me of why I must not quit.

One such tool which helps to keep me focused is a little
poem called Don’t Quit.

The poem goes as follows:

Don’t Quit!

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but do not quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow—
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than,
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up,
When he might have captured the victor’s cup,
And he learned too late when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out—
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far,
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit—
It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.

—Anonymous

If this poem resonates with you, I have created a file
at http://www.wakeuplife.com/dontquitpoem.pdf which has
three copies on the poem on it, so you can cut them out and
post them in those places where you may sometimes forget how
important it is that you do not quit.

You can place it on your fridge, your desk, your exercise
equipment, your microwave, your day planner, anywhere else it
will help to remind you that you must not quit.

All the best,
Mario
www.wakeuplife.com
“Your dream is waiting for you; what are you waiting for?”

p.s. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader
(which Adobe provides without cost, and is probably already
on your computer) or any other pdf reader
to read and save the file.

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