"Tough Times Require Tough People"

Are you passing through a rough time in your life right now? Do you sometimes have doubts in your ability and capacity to turn things around no matter how bad the situation? Are the problems of life weighing you down so much that you have lost focus in life? Have you lost your motivation to carry on? Do you sometimes think you are a failure? Then you need to read the poem below. Written by unknown author, it has touched and inspired a lot of people to rediscover themselves including myself. Read it not once, not twice, but many times as possible. You will be glad you did.

'The Don’t Quit Poem'
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When 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 must, but don’t you quit.

Life is queer with its twist 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 had given up,
When he might have captured the victor’s cup,
And he learned too late when the night slipped down,
Close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out--
The silver tint in 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.

-Author Unknown


Having perused the poem, I want to believe, that you must have come to terms with the hard fact, that life itself is a battle. Nothing whatsoever comes easy in life. If you have to conquer circumstances, you must be ready to fight, to persevere, to give your all and don’t forget, nothing like quitting, no matter the situation until you prevail.

Wishing you all, a very fulfilling and prosperous 2009.

Uranta, E.