Read this when you feel low or think about quitting
AquabearGO
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Don't Quit 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 you must, but don't you 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 if he'd 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 afar; So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit - It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit.
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And this made me stop crying. Thank you.0
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awesome! almost made me tear up because there are so many things going on in my life and I just feel like quitting. thank you0
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Thank you for posting this0
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The poem "Don't Quit" is by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892). I am related to him.
The last two lines are...
For all the sad words of tongue and pen,
the saddest are these: "It might have been!"
Reference:
msu.edu/user/studentp/inspiration.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Greenleaf_Whittier1 -
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