I did a summer 5 day intense course the beginning of December and I have an assignment due before midnight today. I will fail the subject if I don’t submit the assignment as it is worth 60% of my marks. I can hardly see a thing on my computer because I have been crying so much.
A friend of mine called me up yesterday evening to see how I am doing and I told her I can’t bear the thought of failing a subject and I just don’t have the will to do it.
She said ” But you are the one person I always thought who has the ‘it’ factor”
“What ‘it’ factor?” I asked her
“Sarah, you never give up, that is your ‘it’ factor. You always rise above every adversity life has thrown at you” she said
“Perhaps, but this time, I just can’t do it” I replied.
“Let me tell you a poem, I read as a child” she said
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”
E A Guest
“Sing a song and give it a go” She said
And I am glad she talked to me. My head hurts like hell, my heart ache so much that I am worried I might have a heart attack.. but the assignment is done..It is the worst assignment I have ever written, but I don’t care.. the fact that I managed to write 3000 words in my current state is nothing but a miracle.
You did it ! Your spirit and attitude is commendable!
One day at a time …..you can do it .
Regards,
Nimmy
Nimmy: Honestly, I don’t know what I wrote. I just hope that I will not fail.
Way to go, Sarah ! ?
Paul Naves
Paul: 🙂