See It Through
A Poem of Courage
You can gain many important insights from courage poems like this one. Understand that there will always appear to be "problems" in our lives, but what's most important is to stay focused and work through those rough times. The sun is always out on the other side.
Here's a wonderful little parable that illustrates the point very well:
An American traveler in Italy stood watching a lumberman who, as the logs floated down a swift mountain stream, jabbed his hook in an occasional one and drew it carefully aside.
"Why do you pick out those few?" the traveler asked. "They all look alike."
"But they are not alike, seignior," answered the lumberman.
"The logs I let pass have grown on the side of a mountain, where they have been protected all their lives. Their grain is coarse; they are good only for lumber. But these logs, seignior, grew on the top of the mountain. From the time they were sprouts and saplings they were lashed and buffeted by the winds, and so they grew strong with fine grain. We save them for choice work; they are not 'lumber,' seignior."
See It Through
by Edgar A. 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 vain 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 fall still fighting;
Don't give up, whate'er you do;
Eyes front, head high to the finish.
See it through!
~Edgar A. Guest (1881 - 1959)
Originally from England, Guest and his family moved to America in 1891 where he became known as the People's Poet. After he began at the Detroit Free Press as a copy boy and then a reporter, his first poem appeared December 11, 1898.
He became a naturalized citizen in 1902. For 40 years, Guest's sentimental and optimistic poems were widely read throughout North America.
More Poems by Edgar Guest
How Do You Tackle Your Work
It Couldn't Be Done
The Things That Haven't Been Done Before
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