Tuesday, November 8, 2011

MOTIVATION

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The Victor
by: C. W. Longenecker

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 out classed, you are. 

You've got to think high to rise. 

You've got to be sure of your-self 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.
 
 
THis was a poem I presented to my resident assistant staff over the summer and I think everyone can relate to this in some type of way.
Often we feel defeated and feel as though we can't continue on with whatever we are doing. That self doubt come from within. It doesn't matter if someone tells you that you can't do something that final say comes from the will and drive that runs in our veins.
 
I woke up and I wondered what I would do with the rest of my life and how I would leave my name behind so that something on this earth can seem meaningful, and that meaning would be left by me.
 
I wonder how do doctors operate on a heart for 12 hours straight
 
I wonder how do teachers come back to the same classroom that ridicules and mocks them each day
 
I wonder how parents put up with a child that is rebellious
 
I wonder how my professor has so much energy everyday and still continues to love what she does daily
 
I wonder why homeless people insist on begging for money when they get rejected constantly
 
I wonder how the stripper keeps coming back to a place that undresses her with her mind while shes undressing herself and I wonder...
 
Why we leave in a society that runs on constant need of consumption...
 
I wonder why all these things that people do make a difference and how they have the determination and drive to do it. Maybe they read this poem and maybe something in them is telling them that...
 
I DO THIS BECAUSE I HAVE THE DRIVE!
 
So when I think of my future and the places I want to go, people I want to see, adventures I want to explore, mountains I would like to someday climb, and hearts that I will one day change, I think of this poem and I know that the only thing that will stop me is myself!