lately i've been down about school. i didn't tell nano a thing and i've been discussing it with nana ji the whole time. i guess she was listening in on some of our conversations and felt how frustrated i am with everything right now so she gave me this poem. my nano is my personal hallmark card. it's now stickered inside my medical physiology text book

don't quit

when things go wrong as they sometimes will,
when the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
when the funds are low, and the debts are high,
and you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
when care is pressing you down a bit -
rest if you must, but don't you quit.
success is failure turned inside out,
the silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
and you never can tell how close you are,
it may be near when it seems afar.
so, stick to the fight when you're hardest hit -
it's when things go wrong that you mustn't quit.

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