TACKLE THE THING

I thought I had seen most of the poems and stories about success, and then over the weekend a friend of mine sends me an e mail with a poem I had never heard before.

 Tackle The Thing

Somebody said that it couldn't be done,
But he with a chuckle replied
That "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one
Who wouldn't say so till he tried.
So he buckled right in with a trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and did it.

Somebody scoffed: Oh, you'll never do that;
At least no one has ever done it";
But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,
And the first thing we knew he'd begun it.
With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
Without any doubting or quid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and did it.

There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you, one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle in with a bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing
That "cannot be done," and you'll do it.
                                                    Edgar A. Guest

The message and moral aren’t new we have all heard it said one way or another. What is sad is most of us have been on the receiving end of the people who tell us we can’t, won’t or shouldn’t. Unfortunately, many of us have listened and never tried.

Next time you hear someone say you can’t, take off your coat and go to it. The hardest thing isn’t the job, or failing at doing the job; it is looking in the mirror and realizing that you never tried!

Lorin