It Begins In The Mind Poem by Jude Uchella

Everyone has the power to make a change,
to stand up to any challenge.
Everyone can make it to the top,
and avoid being a flop.

Everyone has the tendency to fail,
the ability to smile or look pale.
Everyone can choose to live or die,
or give life another try.

Everyone is you and me,
working or seeking a degree.
Everyone is all of us,
who aspire to be a boss.

We can be anything we want to be,
regardless of connection or opportunity.
It all begins and ends in the mind,
do you want to move forward or lag behind?

It is that simple and precise,
life will not listen to your cries.
That you failed yesterday,
should not stop you from trying today.

You become a failure,
the moment you accept its tenure.
You become a success,
when you reject failure's caress.

It begins and ends in the mind,
a visionless man is blind.
He will accept anything he stumbles upon,
and later regret what he had done.

Life has two sons: failure and success,
you have to choose one of them,
and it begins and ends in the mind,
which one would you like to find?