Shade Tree Wisdom 8/6/10

The weather people tells us it is still brutally hot, and the Texans in the morning practice, from 7 to 10 outside, use Gatorade and water, up to 50 gallons of each. But, the walk this morning, early, of course, was rather pleasant, and uneventful.

The news is, as usual, filled with grim stuff. So I offer something, by our friend “anonymous”, to think about. Titled: “They said It Couldn’t be Done”

Somebody said it couldn’t be done,
But he, with a chuckle replied
That “Maybe it couldn’t” but he would be one,
Who wouldn’t say so till he tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace if a grin
On his face. If he worried, he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing,
That couldn’t be done, and he did it!

Somebody scoffed, “Oh, he’ll never do that,
At least no one has ever done it”.
But he took off his coat and took off his hat
And the first thing you know he’d begun it.
With a lift of his chin, and a bit of a grin,
If any doubt rose he forbid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing,
That couldn’t be done, and he did it.

There are thousands to tell you it couldn’t be done
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you, one by one,
The dangers that want to assail you.

But just buckle right in with a bit of a grin,
Then take off your coat and go to it.
Just start in to sing as you tackle the thing,
That couldn’t be done, and you’ll do it.
-Anonymous

Now, if that isn’t a plan which St. Paul would endorse. He said, “I can do all things through Christ, which strengthened me”, Phil;. 4,13. Bless you when you tackle “the thing that couldn’t be done, and go do it.”

GPD 8/6/10