![]() ![]() So, in Mental Health Awareness week, seek out those that you have not heard from recently, send texts or emails to friends or relatives that you may have lost touch with. Phone people or even write a letter or post a card! Set up virtual meetings even if the person has never done it before.Įven if you are in isolation and continue to social distance it does not mean you should leave others alone. Even if you do not believe you have the energy or desire to do it – try - stick to the fight when you're hardest hit. We cannot quit. That is going to be a whole lot easier if we do it together. When you are out of control, when you cannot fix things, when your helplessness starts to overwhelm, then all we as individuals can do is to take back control. We cannot control the circumstance around us, but we must be brave enough to take control of how we respond to them. So, for the vast majority the surrounding circumstances will be the most challenging they have every faced. No country is yet 100% in control of the pandemic or its impact on the lives of its citizens. ![]() The science around COVID-19 is currently neither exact nor conclusive. Do you furlough yourself and “ rest if you must” or as a company Director, continue at a financial loss to market your business as “you may succeed with another blow”?Įach of us will faces different challenges around the work that we do – this poem may help you if “the road your trudging seems all uphill”. You may find other inspiration within its verse.įor me, the " twists and turns" are all the shocking new statistics we hear on a daily basis, the global events, stories, surprises, limitations, successes, and failures that we are all undeniably witnessing.īut do we stop and give up? Do we stop dreaming, hoping, searching, or trying to make the best out of each locked down day? John Greenleaf Whittier suggests we do not. My business, like millions of others, is unrecognisable from late February – how quickly life has changed, and priorities altered. It is that glimpse of hope when everything seems hopeless. On Day 58 of our lock-down I find “Don’t Quit” even more relevant. A very much needed positive mindset boost. “ The silver tint of the clouds of doubt” is maybe my pandemic “silver lining”. Guest and originally called “ Keep Going” but even if the author is in doubt, the strength of its message during the pandemic, to me, is unquestionable. The BBC cited the author as John Greenleaf Whittier but the printed version I have kept for over 40 years simply states “ Anonymous”. There has been a dispute that it was actually written by Edgar A. It took me back to my childhood as that is when I “discovered” the poem. ![]() It’s when things seem worst that you mustn’t quit.Back in early April as the grip of COVID-19 tightened around the UK, the BBC presented a message of hope - Idris Elba read the poem Don’t Quit. So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit, When he might have won if he’d stuck it out,ĭon’t give up though the pace seems slow,Īnd he learned too late, when the night slipped down,Īnd you never can tell how close you are, When the funds are low and debts are high, When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, When Things go wrong, as they sometimes will, “Tell me,” the sponsor said, “who is your instructor? He must be a great master.” The student later became known as the great performer Koshiji. smile but you have to sigh, when care is pressing you down a bit - rest if you must, but dont you quit. Despite the student’s embarrassed objections, the sponsor refused to believe that he had just heard a beginner perform. When he had finished, the sponsor of the contest highly praised his performance.
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