I did it and so can you

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

I myself will doubt, and all they said

I’d never do it…… I did.

                                              Grace E. Easley