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The Day She Knew She Could

She told herself she couldn’t, A thousand times a day, Because she knew she wouldn’t, She couldn’t find a way, To climb this giant mountain, Looming straight ahead, A hill, she might have managed, A mountain’d leave her dead. She … Continue reading

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Keep Trying

My little girls taught me a lesson today, About trying and trying again. See, I tend to try once and then quickly give up, But my girls told me failure’s just when You’re still learning to do something, So you … Continue reading

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Learning not to try

We are born full of confidence, Willing to try, Not frightened by failure, We aim for the sky. If we fail something first time, We try, try again We’ll try nine times, Or ten times, And only stop when Someone … Continue reading

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