Time won’t wait, Author Unknown

Time won’t wait, Author Unknown

Awake, I lay still,

Waiting day, under review.

Tempted to fall back

Asleep, and hold the day at bay.

I rise instead. Time won't wait.

I gather my thoughts

Over coffee freshly brewed.

A strategy formed,

To accomplish what I must.

I move on out. Time won't wait.

At end of day's length,

Assessing successes strong.

Smart to prepare first.

Then to put legs on my plans.

I rest a bit. Time won't wait.

The children come play.

Suspending all that is mine,

About cherished time.

Smiles and laughter reminding,

I choose to love. Time won't wait!

Start where you stand by Berton Braley

Start where you stand by Berton Braley

Start where you stand and never mind the past,

The past won't help you in beginning new,

If you have left it all behind at last,

Why, that's enough, you're done with it, you're through;

This is another chapter in the book,

This is another race that you have planned,

Don't give the vanished days a backward look,

Start where you stand.

The world won't care about your old defeats

If you can start anew and win success,

The future is your time, and time is fleet

And there is much of work and strain and stress;

Forget the buried woes and dead despairs,

Here is a brand new trial right at hand,

The future is for him who does and dares,

Start where you stand.

Old failures will not halt, old triumphs aid,

Today's the thing, tomorrow soon will be;

Get in the fight and face it unafraid,

And leave the past to ancient history;

What has been has been, yesterday is dead

And by it your are neither blessed or banned,

Take courage, man, be brave and drive ahead,

Start where you stand.

My work by Henry Van Dyke

My work by Henry Van Dyke

Let me but do my work from day to day,

In field or forest, at the desk or loom,

In roaring market-place or tranquil room;

Let me but find it in my heart to say,

When vagrant wishes beckon me astray,

“This is my work; my blessing, not my doom:

Of all who live, I am the one by whom

This work can best be done in the right way.”

Then shall I see it not too great, nor small,

To suit my spirit and to prove my powers;

Then shall I cheerful greet the laboring hours,

And cheerful turn, when the long shadows fall

At eventide, to play and love and rest,

Because I know for me my work is best.

See it through by Edgar Guest

See it through by Edgar Guest

When you're up against a trouble,

Meet it squarely, face to face;

Lift your chin and set your shoulders,

Plant your feet and take a brace.

When it's vaint to try to dodge it,

Do the best that you can do;

You may fail, but you may conquer,

See it through!

Black may be the clouds about you

And your future may seem grim,

But don't let your nerve desert you;

Keep yourself in fighting trim.

If the worse is bound to happen,

Spite of all that you can do,

Running from it will not save you,

See it through!

Even hope may seem but futile,

When with troubles you're beset,

But remember you are facing

Just what other men have met.

You may fail, but fail still fighting;

Don't give up, whatever you do;

Eyes front, head high to the finish.

See it through!