Don't Give Up

So here I am in my apartment, going through boxes...not because I want to really but because I don't have cable as of yet and I am tired of working for today. I was going through the boxes of "stuff" that has been sitting in the garage for years and sorting out what I want to keep and what I can get rid of. Then there was the stuff that I didn't really "want" to keep but felt I probably should.

I came across a notepad I had from my days living in New York. It contained some of my notes, some poems I wrote and some general scribbles of information. Included in there was a list of a few poems and the authors. I looked some of them up and came across one that really hit me. So I am going to share with you.

Don't Give Up
by Phoebe Cary
If you tried and have not won,

Never stop for crying;

All that’s great and good is done

Just by patient trying.

Though young birds, in flying, fail,

Still their wings grow stronger;

And the next time they can stay

Up a little longer.

Though the sturdy oak has known

Many a blast that bowed her,

She has risen again, and grown

Loftier and prouder.

If by easy work you beat

Others, who will prize you?

Gaining victory from defeat -

That’s the test that tries you!

I think the last couple of lines really sum it up, "Gaining victory from defeat - that's the test that tries you". I trying to gain victory, honestly these days I am just trying to keep playing.