I had church this morning. I spent the entire hour and a half I was there praying for Block B. You name it, I prayed for it. For their health, for their forgiveness, for their love, for absolutely EVERYTHING you can think of, I prayed for it. For them.

I've been really down lately. You've all seen the brunt of it. I'm falling behind in absolutely everything because I'm overextending myself and stressing myself out.

So I was typing a history paper that's due in mere days and I got flustered as usual. I never can seem to say exactly what I want, exactly how I want it. I slumped back in my chair and just stared at my screen. There's a tack board right next to the main computer in my house, and a tiny piece of blue paper stuck to it suddenly became noticable.

I've never seen it before in my life, but I found out a few minutes ago it was something of my grandmother's that my mom had recently found.

It reads:

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.

Life is queer with its twists and turns

As every one of us sometimes learns,

And many a fellow turns about

When he might have won had he stuck it out

Don't give up though the pace seems slow-

You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is neary than

It seems to a faint and faltering man;

Often the struggler has given up

When he might have captured the victor's cup;

And he learned too late when the night came down

How close he came to the golden crown.

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 seem worst that you mustn't quit.

Now, I don't know where this little card came from, or where my mom found it, but I read every line intently. Maybe my grandma's watching over me as I falter and trying to give me a boost. Maybe it's her way of saying that no matter how hard things are, they will get better.

I thought I would share this with you all. I find it quite interesting that Umma found this now of all times.

But you know what? More than anything, I would like to send this message to Block B as a whole. Because I'm really, truly, starting to believe this statement.

Good day to all~ ♥