It Couldn’t Be Done
By Edgar Albert Guest
Somebody said that it couldn’t be done
But he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it!
Somebody scoffed: “Oh, you’ll never do that;
At least no one ever has done it;”
But he took off his coat and he took off his hat
And the first thing we knew he’d begun it.
With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
Without any doubting or quiddit,
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it.
There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure,
There are thousands to point out to you one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle in with a bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start in to sing as you tackle the thing
That “cannot be done,” and you’ll do it.
5 comments:
I love it! For every one person that wants to do something, there are a 1000 telling him/her that it cannot be done. We all need to just buckle down and give it a try and then let God do the rest. Last time I checked...GOD NEVER FAILS!
Preach it, sis.
:-)
Wow. I just checked out the Flathead Valley webpage. It is beautiful!!!! Great job with that, you two!!!
I've always liked that poem. It's a "good'un"! The Church of God, as a whole, should have that attitude. "They say" (whoever "they" are) the Church cannot evangelize the world, and the Church will never be perfected and that no one can live perfect. "They" are wrong because the Bible says otherwise! So, let's just roll up our sleeves and get to it! And let's not forget to have at least a trace of a grin while we're doing so! :-)
A smile and a song (at lest in the heart if not on the lips), are two good things to have when working. :)
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