vatav (
Elijah )
Going through some old docs and came across this poem my grandmother wrote:
Stuff to Win
By Wilma Jean Roark
You hear of others troubles
And though you sympathize
Somehow, because it isn't you
You cannot realize
That things that seem so small to you
can change a person's life
Those things can seem to cause them
Unending shame or strife
When it's you, yourself, you think
No troubles can compare
To the ones you're nursing
That your own are very rare
But in the total scheme of life
You hardly count at all
And compared to world-wide troubles
Your own are very small
An error shouldn't brand you
An outlaw till you die
And you can rise above it
If you grit your teeth and try
Though you feel low and beaten
Why consider giving in?
You owe it to yourself to prove
You're made of stuff to win!
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