{"id":1474,"date":"2015-11-06T00:51:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T00:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/?p=1474"},"modified":"2015-11-06T00:51:41","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T00:51:41","slug":"sometimes-all-you-need-is-the-right-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/?p=1474","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes All You Need Is the Right Equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhether you think you can, or you think you can’t–you’re right.\u201d – Henry Ford<\/span><\/h4>\n
\"Sunrise,<\/a>

The sky is not the limit — you are.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/h4>\n

It’s been some time since we visited the poetry corner. Here for your enjoyment is a poem by Edgar A. Guest:<\/p>\n

\n

EQUIPMENT<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n
\n

Figure it out for yourself, my lad,
\nYou’ve all that the greatest of men have had,
\nTwo arms, two hands, two legs, two eyes
\nAnd a brain to use if you would be wise.
\nWith this equipment they all began,
\nSo start for the top and say, ‘I can.’<\/p>\n

Look them over, the wise and great
\nThey take their food from a common plate,
\nAnd similar knives and forks they use,
\nWith similar laces they tie their shoes.
\nThe world considers them brave and smart,
\nBut you’ve all they had when they made their start.<\/p>\n

You can triumph and come to skill,
\nYou can be great if you only will.
\nYou’re well equipped for what fight you choose,
\nYou have legs and arms and a brain to use,
\nAnd the man who has risen great deeds to do
\nBegan his life with no more than you.<\/p>\n

You are the handicap you must face,
\nYou are the one who must choose your place,
\nYou must say where you want to go,
\nHow much you will study the truth to know.
\nGod has equipped you for life, but He
\nLets you decide what you want to be.<\/p>\n

Courage must come from the soul within,
\nThe man must furnish the will to win.
\nSo figure it out for yourself, my lad.
\nYou were born with all that the great have had,
\nWith your equipment they all began,
\nGet hold of yourself and say: ‘I can.’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Though I first read this poem many years ago, I learned only recently that it was a favorite of George Washington Carver<\/a> — a man of consequence and accomplishment if there ever was one.<\/p>\n

Note that the biggest obstacle any of us faces is himself and the self-limiting beliefs he adopts. You may have to work at it harder than one more naturally gifted, but even the most gifted among us have put in the work. Desire gets you up and focus gets you working. Faith keeps you moving when it seems pointless to continue.<\/p>\n

I don’t know about you, but I am putting aside all of those doubts — all the “I can’t” and “I won’t” — and aiming even higher. This year is nearly over, but it is not over yet. And, God willing, another one is coming. Like the Little Engine That Could<\/em><\/a>, I keep repeating, “I think I can! I think I can!”<\/p>\n

I may be working toward something for which God would have me wait. If I’m early and I have to wait, that’s fine. I know I do not want to be the cause of the delay.<\/p>\n

So how about you? What self-imposed limitations have you accepted? Renounce them in the comments section below. Let’s have a bonfire!<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhether you think you can, or you think you can’t–you’re right.\u201d – Henry Ford It’s been some time since we visited the poetry corner. Here for your enjoyment is a poem by Edgar A. Guest: EQUIPMENT Figure it out for yourself, my lad, You’ve all that the greatest of men have had, Two arms, two […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[42,28,8,73,14,3,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commitment","category-confidence","category-inspiration","category-motivation","category-passion","category-perseverance","category-wisdom"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1474"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1482,"href":"https:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474\/revisions\/1482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}