::The Quitter::
It's the plugging away
that will win you the day
So don't be a piker, old pard!
Just draw on your grit;
it's so easy to quit.
It's the keeping-your-chin-up
that's hard.
It's easy to cry
that you are beaten, and die
It's easy to crawfish and crawl
But to fight and to fight
when hope's out of sight-
why, that's the
best game of them all!
And though
you come out of each gruelling bout,
All broken and beaten and scarred
Just have one more try-
it's dead easy to die
It's the keeping-on-living that's hard.
By: Robert W. Service,
from Collected Poems of Robert Service
(New York: Dodd,Mead & Co.,1996)
This is my mother's favourite poem.
-Posted on June 7, 2008.-
The world is full of suffering,
it is also full of the overcoming of it.
-Helen Keller
let it be.
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when worlds collide call me. when things inside hurt tell me. just dont do anything to make it worse. because nothing in stronger than what i feel. and if you can break that and get inside my head, mess up the wires that make me alive- then you are something.April 11, 100 words. → Make first comment?
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i see everything. and things twirl like rainbows . i always thought rainbows were great, you know. but i havent seen many in my 17.5 years. maybe it's like looking for silver linings. it's pretty hard. you have to know where to look. then. things stop. the world slaps you, you stumble, lApril 11, 300 words. → 3 comments, Add one?
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Beauty Of Silence on June 7oh.emm.gee.
you are 18. something's wrong
yes, u may panic now! anyhoo, happy birthday missy. [i'm still trying to get over the fact that you're 18] great, now the laws on your side! 
you can do sooo many things 
and goshies, you can get your drivers lisence. (oooh boy, singapore roads are no longer safe) I WANT MY LISENCE! I WANT MY CAR! I WANT BOB! 
we'll cruise along the roads of singapore, and ALL female jellos will be sooo jealous 
anyhoo, hope you had an awesome day today, and rest of the day and night. hope all your dreams and wishes come true granny!
love ya. see ya tomorrow in school 
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Walk-Free on May 12best of luck for your drama exam tomorrow. i know you'll do well hon
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Beauty Of Silence on May 9UH!!! you dont "run" run me!
DUDE! bedtimes are only for nights before school. aaaand, theres no school tomorrow, so KAFRIGGIN BOOM! i can stay up till 6 in the morning and wake up at 6:05 in the morning if i want to!
and i will sooo not be in trouble!
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thepoetsings : Been a while... on April 14Hey, how's it going? I've been crazy-busy...and distracted by someone of the opposite sex...but I'm semi-around again, so I thought I'd say hey! :-)
~Ariel
