| With doubt and dismay you are smitten | |
| You think there’s no chance for you, son? | |
| Why, the best books haven’t been written | |
| The best race hasn’t been run, | |
| The best score hasn’t been made yet, | |
| The best song hasn’t been sung, | |
| The best tune hasn’t been played yet, | |
| Cheer up, for the world is young! | |
| No chance? Why the world is just eager | |
| For things that you ought to create | |
| Its store of true wealth is still meager | |
| Its needs are incessant and great, | |
| It yearns for more power and beauty | |
| More laughter and love and romance, | |
| More loyalty, labor and duty, | |
| No chance — why there’s nothing but chance! | |
| For the best verse hasn’t been rhymed yet, | |
| The best house hasn’t been planned, | |
| The highest peak hasn’t been climbed yet, | |
| The mightiest rivers aren’t spanned, | |
| Don’t worry and fret, faint hearted, | |
| The chances have just begun, | |
| For the Best jobs haven’t been started, | |
| The Best work hasn’t been done. | |
| — Written by: Berton Braley | |
| [For those of us already struggling with our New Year’s resolutions: each day brings another opportunity. It’s not the last time you failed that counts, it’s will you try again today? — KMAB] | |
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