For Sonya

This is for a pretty little angel of a girl (with a good brain) who thinks she can't meet Dr Pet's standards of performance. It comes from a very old collection of poems I gathered from here and there, as a child.

If you think you're beaten, you are,

If you think you dare not, you don't

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

It is almost certain you won't

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

For out of the world we find

Success begins with a fellow's will

It's all in the state of the mind

If you think you're outclassed, you are

You've got to think high to rise

You've got to be sure of yourself

Before you can ever win a prize

Life's battles don't always go

To the stronger or faster man (girl)

But soon or late, the man (errrr.... girl) who wins

Is the man who thinks he can