Sunday, 3 March 2013

It Couldn’t Be Done

I sat on the balcony this afternoon and thought about my life. 

People often say to me "You're so lucky," or " life has been so kind

 to you." I don't believe it is about luck or life being kind, it is about having a go:


"Just start in to sing as you tackle the thing
That “cannot be done,” and you’ll do it."

This poem by Edgar Albert Guest has inspired me for many years
and I share it with you.

It Couldn’t Be Done


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’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the 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 he did it!

Somebody scoffed: “Oh, you’ll never do that;
      At least no one ever has 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 quiddit,
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
      That couldn’t be done, and he 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 in to sing as you tackle the thing
      That “cannot be done,” and you’ll do it.
Photos: Bob McKerrow

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