Even if you do not believe you have the energy or desire to do it вЂ“ try вЂ“ stick to the fight when youвЂ™re hardest hit. Even if you are in isolation and continue to social distance it does not mean you should leave others alone. Dont Quit by John Greenleaf Whittier When things go wrong as they sometimes will, When the road youre trudging seems all up hill, When the funds are low. Phone people or even write a letter or post a card! Set up virtual meetings even if the person has never done it before. So, in Mental Health Awareness week, seek out those that you have not heard from recently, send texts or emails to friends or relatives that you may have lost touch with. That is going to be a whole lot easier if we do it together. We cannot control the circumstance around us, but we must be brave enough to take control of how we respond to them. When you are out of control, when you cannot fix things, when your helplessness starts to overwhelm, then all we as individuals can do is to take back control. So, for the vast majority the surrounding circumstances will be the most challenging they have every faced. John was born on Decem1807-Slavery is abolished in Britain 1830-Begins editing the Haverhill Gazette and the New England Weekly. No country is yet 100% in control of the pandemic or its impact on the lives of its citizens. The science around COVID-19 is currently neither exact nor conclusive. You may find other inspiration within its verse.ДЇor me, the вЂњ twists and turnsвЂќ are all the shocking new statistics we hear on a daily basis, the global events, stories, surprises, limitations, successes, and failures that we are all undeniably witnessing.Д«ut do we stop and give up? Do we stop dreaming, hoping, searching, or trying to make the best out of each locked down day? John Greenleaf Whittier suggests we do not.

Do you furlough yourself and вЂњ rest if you mustвЂќ or as a company Director, continue at a financial loss to market your business as вЂњyou may succeed with another blowвЂќ?Д®ach of us will faces different challenges around the work that we do вЂ“ this poem may help you if вЂњthe road your trudging seems all uphillвЂќ.

My business, like millions of others, is unrecognisable from late February вЂ“ how quickly life has changed, and priorities altered. It is that glimpse of hope when everything seems hopeless. вЂњ The silver tint of the clouds of doubtвЂќ is maybe my pandemic вЂњsilver liningвЂќ.

A very much needed positive mindset boost. On Day 58 of our lockdown I find вЂњDonвЂ™t QuitвЂќВ even more relevant. Guest and originally called вЂњ Keep GoingвЂќ but even if the author is in doubt, the strength of its message during the pandemic, to me, is unquestionable. There has been a dispute that it was actually written by Edgar A. The BBC cited the author as John Greenleaf Whittier but the printed version I have kept for over 40 years simply states вЂњ AnonymousвЂќ. It took me back to my childhood as that is when I вЂњdiscoveredвЂќ the poem. Back in early April as the grip of COVID-19 tightened around the UK, the BBC presented a message of hope вЂ“ Idris Elba read the poem DonвЂ™t Quit.

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