How bad do you want it?
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The Will to Wins
If you want a thing bad enough
To go out and fight for it,
Work day and night for it,
Give up your time and your peace and your sleep for it,
If only desire of it
Makes you quite mad enough
Never to tire of it,
Makes you hold all other things tawdry and cheap for it,
If life seems all empty and useless without it
And all that you scheme and you dream is about it,
If gladly you’ll sweat for it,
Fret for it, Plan for it,
Lose all your terror of God or man for it,
If you’ll simply go after that thing that you want
With all your capacity,
Strength, and sagacity,
Faith, hope, and confidence, stern pertinacity,
If neither cold poverty, famished and gaunt,
Nor sickness nor pain
Of body and brain
Can turn you away from the thing that you want,
If dogged and grim you besiege and beset it,
You’ll get it.
by Berton Braley
If you want something bad enough, you will find a way to make it happen. You can move mountains. You will have the strength to do the unthinkable… You’ll become the super you.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
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Wow, Gio. That picture says it all. I can’t remember wanting something that badly, probably because I’ve been blessed in life and have everything I can think of to want already. Handicapped athletes are so inspiring.
Hi Gio .. those prosthetic legs are amazing .. Oscar Pistorius, the South Africa “Blade Runner” .. has two of these and competes at Olympic level .. - your stories are brilliant to constantly remind us of what we can do ..
I love the way poem reads to .. you can get some real intonation into it .. it’s great - thanks
Hilary Melton-Butcher
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That’s an amazing shot! What a great story Giovanna. After seeing this, there really aren’t a lot of acceptable excuses that I could come up with for not doing something!
It is so encouraging to see handicapped people can do something better than other people. Thank you for your inspiring story. Find the passion and go for it!
Hi Giovanna,
What a great poem and a photograph? I can feel her courage and determination. If someone can fight like this nothing is impossible.
Thanks for sharing the courage.
Have a great day!
Giovanna, thank you for this wonderfully motivating poem and photograph. Very well done!
Thank you…this is what I needed.
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Hi Daphne
This photo is very inspiring.
Thank you for your comment and sharing your thoughts.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
Hi Hilary
We all need to do what our hearts tell us to do and use every gift that we have to do well.
Thank you for your comment and sharing Oscar Pistorius story.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
Hi Craig
Thank you for your comment and support.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
Hi Vikum
You are right we have no excuse. Anything and everything is possible for us.
Thank you for your comment and joining in the conversation.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
Hi Shaw
Our passion will give us the power to do the impossible!
Thank you for your comment and sharing your thoughts.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
Hi Stephen
I am glad you enjoyed this post.
Thank you for your comment and support.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
Hi Leandra
Thank you for taking the time to comment, I look forward to seeing more of you here.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
Hi Giovanna. This sounds encouraging and motivating. But as I was reading it, I felt that it was also a bit obsessive. I don’t think we should have to fight and work so hard for our dreams. I agree that a “win” is satisfying, but there is another, gentler, allowing side to this that I feel is missing from this passage. Now, in hindsight, just before I hit the publish button, and after looking at the photo again, this speaks to me more of fighting to overcome obstacles, rather than fighting for success. From that perspective I say yes!
Hi Davina
Winning has many meaning to many people, for some it is about success, for other it is about over coming obstacle.
Thank you for your comment and sharing your wisdom, you have added more to this post.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
Where there’s a will there’s always a way.
Whenever I find somebody “can’t”, it’s usually a motivation issue. Given enough motivation, people start taking action, learning, improving, and making things happen.
I like “super you”
Hi J.D.
I love you way you think, “Super You!” That is a Fantastic!
Thank you for your comment and you have added more value to this post.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action