When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low and debts are high, And you want to smile but have to sigh. When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest, if you must, but don’t you quit.
FOR most of his 61 years, Bobby Czyz read those words, heard them from his father, and took them to heart. The author of the poem is a mystery, but the sentiment is crystal clear.
“A long time ago, my father used to talk about a lot of different things in life, and he said: ‘Sometimes when things are at the very worst, that’s when you must not quit.’ He took that poem and actually taped it to a wall right in front of my desk in my room. And he said: ‘You read this every day when you wake up and every day before you go to sleep.’ And I used to carry it with me on the road wherever
