It is 1:33am and we just finished unboxing for the night.\u00a0 I went to get out my laptop to write my blog and realized that I didn’t have the power cord. We tore through boxes looking for it but finally had to give up.\u00a0 I panicked because I have not missed even one single\u00a0day of writing\u00a0my daily blog since I first started on August 13th of 2010!\u00a0 5 days a week, every week without fail.\u00a0 The only day I don’t\u00a0blog is on official holidays.\u00a0 And I truly haven’t missed a single day since I set the goal and promised my employees back then that I was going to commit to writing a daily blog every weekday for them without fail.\u00a0 I knew that if I wanted to gain their trust that I couldn’t miss a single day.\u00a0 I had to prove to them that I really was committed to communicating with them daily.\u00a0 And so I set a goal and I have never allowed myself to miss it in all these years, so you can imagine my feeling of panic when I realized tonight that my laptop only had a few minutes of battery juice left for me to be able to post my blog!\u00a0 But where there is a will there is a way, so I am typing as fast as I can and I am willing my machine to stay alive just long enough for me to hit post. I refuse to let this die before I post tonight’s blog!!!<\/p>\n
Oh my! The laptop just died and I am now typing this on my iPad that is also about to die! What the heck?!?! It’s as if the Universe is testing me to see how dedicated to upholding my goal!! Well let me tell you this, if I have to get in the car and drive clear down to my office to post my blog that is what I will do because I refuse to give up on fulfilling my goal. I refuse to quit on it no matter how tired and worn out I am! \u00a0When everything goes wrong that is when you have to dig in, grit your teeth, and yell “bring it!” “You are not going to tear me down or stop me”…don’t give up…you CAN DO IT!!!!<\/p>\n
I will end with a poem that is perfect for tonight. Have a great weekend!!! ~Amy<\/p>\n
Don’t Quit – by John Greenleaf Whittier<\/b><\/p>\n
When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
\nWhen the road you’re trudging seems all up hill,
\nWhen the funds are low and the debts are high
\nAnd you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
\nWhen care is pressing you down a bit,
\nRest, if you must, but don’t quit.
\nLife is queer with its twists and turns,
\nAs everyong of us sometimes learns,
\nAnd many a failure turns about
\nWhen he might have won had he stuck it out,
\nDont’ give up though the pace seems slow,
\nYou may succeed with another blow.
\nSuccess is falure turned inside out,
\nThe silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
\nAnd you never can tell how close you are,
\nIt may be near when it seems so far,
\nSo stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit
\nIt’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.
\nFor all the sad words of tongue or pen,
\nThe saddest are these: “It might have been!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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