Poem

The Road Ahead or The Road Behind by George Joseph Moriarty.

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There’s always a chance to win the crown But when we fail to give our best We simply haven’t met the test.

Sometimes I think the Fates must Grin as we denounce and insist

The only reason we can’t win

Is the Fates themselves that miss

Yet there lives on an ancient claim

We win or lose within ourselves

The shining trophies on our shelves

Can never win tomorrow’s game

You and I know deeper down

There’s always a chance to win the crown

But when we fail to give our best

We simply haven’t met the test

Of giving all, and saving none

Until the game is really won

Of showing what is meant by grit

Of fighting on when others quit

Of playing through, not letting up

It’s bearing down that wins the cup

Of taking it and taking more

Until we gain the winning score

Of dreaming there’s a goal ahead

Of hoping when our dreams are dead

Of praying when our hopes have fled

Yet losing, not afraid to fall

If bravely, we have given all

For who can ask more of a man

Than giving all within his span

Giving all, it seems to me

Is not so far from victory

And so the Fates are seldom wrong

No matter how they twist and wind

It is you and I who make our fates

We open up or close the gates

On the road ahead or the road behind.

The difference between winning and succeeding – John Wooden

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