Don't quit! unless you're taking drugs.

hmm, seen this poem a few times, but i need to be reminded of it now and then.




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 you quit.


Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure 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.


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 so far;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit,
It's when things seem worst, that...

You Must Not Quit.


~ C. W. Longenecker ~


hm i wanted to highlight certain parts of this poem which made more sense to me but then i realised i'd end up highlighting the whole poem.


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academics-wise, i've always only bothered about my maths and science. it all fits- there may be different ways to add and multiply numbers but the answer always turns out to be the same. science is presented to us as gospel: it is fact, it is truth. we mug and regurgitate it. no need to think beyond these perimeters, no need to evaluate.
anyway, i have only recently realised how important a subject like gp is. i've been living in this hole! i hope i don't sound _______ when i push some of the blame to the education i've been given. of course the majority of my ignorance is self-afflicted. but much greater emphasis should have been given to "what's actually happening in the real world out there" when i was younger. maybe that would have sparked off some kind of interest in things that would allow me to -survive- better out there. but ya la, my fault :p
better late than never, but late nevertheless.

for the first time in my life, i'm going to be taking an exam that i will have to put alot of effort into...if i want to do something which i will probably be doing for the rest of my life. the psle and Os don't count because affiliations have always been there to safe-guard my near future. but now, it's sort of like i'm on my own. and it is scary to realise that all this laziness and ignorance that i have been so carefully nurturing all this while may just turn around and slap me in my face!

very little time left. when will i truly wake up? hopefully not when i get slapped. zzz.