Curveballs

Life has a tendency to throw us curveballs, even when we least expect it. You may get knocked of your square a time or two in life, the greatest accomplishment is to get back on it and become bigger and better.

I needed to hear the following words--and I know at least one other person who needs to hear them to:

Opportunity by Berton Braley

With doubt and dismay you are smitten
You think there's no chance for you, son?
Why, the best books haven't been written
The best race hasn't been run,
The best score hasn't been made yet,
The best song hasn't been sung,
The best tune hasn't been played yet,
Cheer up, for the world is young!

No chance? Why the world is just eager
For things that you ought to create
Its store of true wealth is still meager
Its needs are incessant and great,
It yearns for more power and beauty
More laughter and love and romance,
More loyalty, labor and duty,
No chance--why there's nothing but chance!

For the best verse hasn't been rhymed yet,
The best house hasn't been planned,
The highest peak hasn't been climbed yet,
The mightiest rivers aren't spanned,
Don't worry and fret, faint hearted,
The chances have just begun,
For the Best jobs haven't been started,
The Best work hasn't been done.

Do your best work always and in the moment. You will always be greatly rewarded even if it doesn't seem like it at the moment.