Wednesday, September 16, 2009

INSPIRATIONAL POETRY

I have been so swamped lately..so much to do and so little time to complete all the tasks….yes, the new semester has commenced last week….so my stress level has gone up again after a short respite (after I finished sitting for my Shariah Qualifying Exam on 19 August 2009)….


I just need some motivation/inspiration to lift my spirit (there’s so much going-on in my life…the ups and downs….)..anyway, this is my favourite inspirational poem :


If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don’t
If you like to win but think you can’t,
It’s almost a cinch you won’t.

If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost.
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow’s will
It’s all in the state of mind.

If you think you are outclassed, you are.
You’ve got to think high to rise.
You’ve got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win the prize.

Life’s battles don’t always go
To the stronger or faster man.
But sooner or later, the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.


(Poet: C.W. Longenecker)


As the poet, John McLeod once said,

"Poems are the friends we make them, expressing in words a thought, of happiness, sadness, caring, experience dearly bought."


Very powerful words…indeed….

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