Inspiration
I have had this script hanging above my lumber tables and desks for many years:
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 don't you quit.
Life is strange with its twists and turns, As every one of us sometimes learns, And many a fellow 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 came down, How 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 might be near when it seems afar; So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit – It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.
When times take a dip I reflect on the lines “Don’t give up though the pace seems slow - You may succeed with another blow” and “Success is failure turned inside out”.
You really don’t realize how close you may be to success.
You will have certainly had the experience of setting goals to achieve a plan or dream only to find yourself facing obstacles. Obstacles may be discovered early in the process or later in the game of life, but they almost certainly will appear. Your obstacles may come in many forms such as the of lack of resources; Not enough information or money to make the rapid progress that you had planned.
Perhaps real life issues involving others distract your focus and you feel you mired down in reaching your dreams. No goal or dream of any value is obtained without a struggle, so you may be told. There are ways around this. Your key thought is to keep motivated during the difficulties.
Explore your options, slow down, move around the obstacle, retrench or if it all feels too much and a constant uphill battle, take a rest. Rethink your final goal but never give up on your dream. Detours round obstacles and delays will not result in failure but quitting most certainly will. Do not quit!