I
When you get to a place and can’t go forward, back it up
When you get to a point with poor choices, back it up
If the choices were only the easy way or not the
Road less traveled, back it up
If the choices were the only same old
“But we’ve done it that way”, back it up
If the choices were not fully explained
Or fully thought out, back it up
If the choices were only between a rock
And a harder place, back it up
That is if the prior choices put you in a place
Where you could back it up
II
If the choices were between the lesser of multiple evils,
Accept the challenge and suck it up
If the learning is hard and bruising,
Absorb the lesson, suck it up
If the trials or either long or short
Take all of the lesson, suck it up
If the road is curvy, lots of switchbacks
Guess what, slow down, suck it up
If you leave something behind
Forget about it, suck it up
If the page lies blank, face it squarely
Trust the words will come, suck it up
So Sherlock, this doesn’t sound like advice on
aging boldfully, where did suck it up come from
