Optimism and Positivity

These are two poems that fit really well together that I just felt like posting up today. I don't know when they were written or who wrote them, but I've had them for almost two years now. They both have really good principals that have helped me understand that every opposition we go through is for a reason and that staying optimistic is the key to success.

In all the times that seem so hard,

When tears cry out inside,

You must explore new ways to live,

Reverse depression's tide.

When all of your solutions

Stay away; remain unknown,

And you are isolated

In your heart and feel alone,

Remember that the world

Is full of others just like you,

And you can reach beyond the darkness.

Change your point of view.

Everyone has moments

When their problems seem too much.

Everyone has joys that seem

Elusive, out of touch,

But when it all seems very bleak,

And hope has all but gone,

Remember, time will heal your heavy thoughts,

If you'll hang on.

* * *

If you think you're beaten, you are.

If you think you dare not, you don't.

If you'd like to win, but think you can't,

It's almost certain you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you've lost,

For out of the world we find

Success begins with a fellow's will.

It's all in the state of mind.

If you think you're out classed, you are.

You've got to think high to rise.

You've got to be sure of yourself before

You can ever win a prize.

Life's battles don't always go

To the stronger or fitter man,

But sooner or later the man who wins

Is the man who believes he can.