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To say the least, I am a big poetry and essay junkie, and I have been keeping copies of my favorite short poems and essays in my memory box since time immemorial. Every now and then, I open that memory box and read all those collections just so I can remember how wonderful they make me feel. 

This poem I am going to share with you has been one of the poems that motivates me to be positive and productive in life. This also starts My Favorites  series in this blog. I hope you will enjoy!

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It's All In The State Of Mind

By Walter D. Wintle

If you think you're beaten, you are

     If you think that you care not, you don't,

If you like to win, but you think you can't,

     It's almost certain you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you've lost,

     For out in the world you'll find

Success begins with a fellow's will

     It's all in the state of mind.

Full many a race is lost

     Ere even a race is run,

And many a coward fails

     Ere even his work's begun

Think big, and your deed will grow,

     Think small and you fall behind,

Think that you can and you will;

     It's all in the state of mind.

If you think you are outclassed you are;

     You've got to be sure of yourself before

You can ever win a prize.

     Life's battle doesn't always go

To the stronger or faster man;

     But sooner or later the man who wins

Is the fellow who thinks he can.