When you want a thing bad enough to go out and fight for it,

To work day and night for it,

To give up your peace and your sleep and your time for it;

If only the desire of it makes your aim strong enough never to tire of it;

If life seems all empty and useless without it,

And all that you dream and you scheme is about it;

If gladly you’ll sweat for it, fret for it, plan for it,

Pray with all your strength for it;

If you’ll simply go after the thing that you want with all your capacity,

Strength and sagacity; faith, hope, and confidence, stern pertinacity;

If neither poverty nor cold nor famish nor gaunt

Nor sickness or pain to body or brain can turn you away

From the aim that you want;

If dogged and grim, you besiege and beset it, you’ll get it!



Author Unknown

I absolutely love this poem!!! This is exactly how I feel about my weightloss and exercise journey - especially the exercise part of it. I find myself really scheduling time everyday to do some kind of exercise. I'm loving it!! I think I'll print this out and put it near my desk at work or pass along to others. Thanks!!

Yay, Glad you like it so much!

I see your inspiration. And I raise you this:

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of g-d. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of g-d that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." - Marianne Williamson

Wow, very well said... Love it! That is true inspiration, thank you Apollo!

I like that one too, Apollo. I truly believe that my greatest fear was fear of being thin. I'm no where near thin but.....I've lost a dress size over the summer and have an entire new attitude about life. I'm feeling more confident and letting my light shine.