‘Lesson’ from my kinder garden report card
Posted by عمار - aMmAr | Posted in Personal, Weekend whining | Posted on 28-03-2010-05-2008
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My father like most people of his generation is quite particular about organizing and documenting things. From important official documents to ATM receipts he maintains every single record in his files. But one file that interests me whenever I dig into his archives; is the record of my old mark sheets (from kinder garden to high school, excluding my University mark sheets for reasons that students of lesser GPA can understand well :P)
At the back of my kinder garden report card I found a poem that told a very special lesson, a lesson everyone can relate to in their own personal capacity. It goes like this:
They said “you’ll never make it”
And they thought that they were right,
But I kept on plodding onward,
Because I hoped I might.
And they shook their heads in wonder,
That I lacked the sense to quit,
But I held my chin up higher,
And I didn’t mind a bit.
They said “you’ll never make it”,
As the problems multiplied,
But I had to make an effort,
And to know at least I tried.
So I dug my heels in deeper,
Though sometimes my spirits lagged,
And I shouldered what was lightest,
And the rest I sort of dragged.
And I found to my amazement,
At the ending of the day,
That what they said I couldn’t,
I had managed anyway.
It only took three little words,
“Lord help me”, and I rid
Myself of doubt, and all they said
I’d never do…. I did!
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