Success is Failure Turned Inside Out

Well, it's been over a week since my last post. I'm so glad I'm giving myself freedom to only write when I feel like it... or when I only have a minute…or when I'm avoiding other pressing deadlines, but I find anything and everything else to do first because what I have to accomplish seems too monumentous a task. (and what was I thinking by jumping into the deep end of the pool anyway? I change my mind! Get me out of here or toss me a floatie and a drink in a coconut with a little umbrella in it!)

I won't wax poetic today. I'll let someone else do it for me. This poem is one my dad used to recite to my sisters and me when we were growing up. I still love it. I needed to hear it again this morning and I figured I'd share in case you did too.

Time to drink my coffee and be brave.

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 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 fair and faltering man,

Often the struggler has given up

When he might have captured the victor's cup,

And he learned too late when night came 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.

-- Author Unknown --