Are You Prepared For Success? (Section II - Installment #23m "Carry On!” – Male version)

If you are a female reader please go to #23f

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Carry On!

It's easy to fight when everything's right,
And your mad with the thrill and the glory;
It's easy to cheer when victory's near,
And wallow in fields that are gory.
It's a different song when everything's wrong,
When your feeling infernally mortal;
When it's ten against one, and hope there is none,
Buck up, little soldier, and chortle;

Carry on! Carry on!
There isn't much punch in your blow.
You're glaring and staring and hitting out blind;
You're muddy and bloody, but never you mind.
Carry on! Carry on!
You haven't the ghost of a show.
It's looking like death, but while you've a breath,
Carry on, my son! Carry on!

And so in the strife of the battle of life
It's easy to fight when your winning;
It's easy to slave, and starve and be brave,
When the dawn of success is beginning.
But the man who can meet despair and defeat
With a cheer, there's the man of God's choosing;
The man who can fight to heaven's own height
Is the man who can fight when he's losing.

Carry on! Carry on!
Things never were looming so black.
But show that you haven't a cowardly streak
And though you're unlucky you never are weak.
Carry on! Carry on!
Brace back for another attack.
It's looking like hell, but--you never can tell:
Carry on, old man! Carry on!

There are some who drift out in the deserts of doubt,
And some who in brutishness wallow;
There are others, you know, who in piety go
Because of a heaven to follow.
But to labor with zest, and give of your best,
For the sweetness and joy of the giving;
To help folks along with a hand and a song;
Why there's the real sunshine of living.

Carry on! Carry on!
Fight the good fight and true;
Believe in your mission, greet life with a cheer;
There's big work to do, and that's why you are here.
Carry on! Carry on!
Let the world be the better for you;
And at last when you die, let this be your cry:
Carry on, my soul! Carry on!

(Based on a poem by Robert Service)

I strongly suggest that you write down your immediate reaction, after passionately reading this poem.

• What do you really want to accomplish, where nothing short of death would stop you?
• If you felt that nothing could stop you, what cause or task would you pursue until completion, over-coming all obstacles?

Go to Section II (Installment #24m)

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