Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Determined To Make It (By: Dani Hernandez)


I try to make it to the top, but I always get pulled back.     
       It’s like I’m climbing up a mountain, and some guy throws a         
rock at me, so I fall and get back up and climb again –
       only to have him throw another rock at me.
       I fall back down again.

       I am determined that maybe the guy won’t throw the rock         
at me this time, so I get up and start climbing again.
       I’m wrong!    The guy still throws the rock!
       I think about giving up and ask myself:
       “Is it worth trying to climb that mountain again?”   

       My life is like that – like trying to climb the mountain.
       Every time I start off climbing to reach my goal,
       someone says:   “You need to work harder!” 
       Then, I do work harder, but then they tell me:
       “That’s not good enough!”  
       The person who keeps telling me that it’s not good enough        
 is like the guy on the mountain that throws the rock at me!

       I keep trying.  I can’t give up no matter what!
       I am determined that I have what it takes
       to make it to the top!

       I know I can do it!