And we have that chance, for this is a splendid text for a girl or boy, or man or woman—"Run with patience the race set before us, looking unto Jesus."
The eye fixed on Him and the feet moving toward Him will help make a straight life.
VII
"I CAN'T"
No girl or boy ever says this about anything they love to do!
No matter how hard it is, if they like it, they try at least to do it. In fact, the harder it is, the more they try.
Who ever cares how many bumps he gets when learning to skate?
I saw a fellow once who was trying to vault over a pole. His chums laughed and jeered. "You can't!" they called out. Do you suppose he stopped? No! He kept right at it until he did.
Edison, the wizard of electricity, wanted to get a jewel point hard enough to be the right kind of an end for a phonograph needle. When it was suggested he could not get one, he just looked at the one who said it, and went right on and found it!
Every girl and boy should be like the man who refused to let that word appear in his dictionary.