WE'VE COME THIS FAR

 DON'T QUIT

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up though the pace seems slow--
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than,
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up,
When he might have captured the victor's cup,
And he learned too late when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out--
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far,
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit--
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.

- Author unknown

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We are all soldiers of fate trying to seize the victory by living life the way we want, yet no matter how close success is yet so far. The title of the poem is just plain and simple, DON'T QUIT.. But behind the message lies a more powerful meaning. 

Life is not all about winning. The only losers in this world are those who have stopped believing in their selves, for they are not worthy to lead. They are just mere kings of their doomed kingdoms and caged in their own lifeless world. Fortunate are those who have fought all the way to end for they have live life to the fullest, and for they deserve the God-given gifts that they have. We can't be what we wanted to be nor we can't have those precious things that they have but we can make things happen, yes we can, if we will only believe that we can. Sometimes, our only foes are ourselves, its either we let our foes defeat us by slowly killing our physical aspects first, then our our hearts and eventually, our soul or we just let ourselves be blinded by reality. In this world of reality, the best strategy to survive is to use up all your energy, even if the only thing left in you is a drop of your blood that is not even enough to let you breath, because this world is the exact opposite of virtual reality.