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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On This Day In: | |
2022 | 2021 Tree And Ornaments |
2021 | 2020 Tree And Ornaments |
My Bag | |
2020 | Still Looking |
2019 | Too True |
2018 | Simon Says |
2017 | Next Cell |
2016 | Important Knowledge |
2015 | Are You Still The Exception? |
2014 | In Answer |
Days Are Passing | |
2013 | Opportunity |
2012 | Appropriate Qualities |
2011 | A Place To Hang My Hat |
Archive for January 3rd, 2013
Opportunity
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