Post your pep talk here

[Lambchop]

How's this:

There's a door out back there - it's just a door, you can go out there any time. But you got this chance - this other door here is for winners. This door makes you shine.

All your friends and family, all your heros and wise guys just went and bought a ticket to see you shine. You are here because you CAN shine! And this door here will make you shine!

When you go through this door you will shine - when the weight comes down you WILL remember you came through this door and you will shine from your gonads to your crown! And you - will - shine. You will feel the pain and shine, you will get covered in s**t and you will shine, you will screw-up and it will be the best thing you ever did - you will shine.

Send yourself the power now - think of it - when the weight comes down, you went through the door. Imagine when the thing comes down - the door lit a fire under your A*s - you will remember the door, you will feel the fire.

When you go through this door you will shine - when the weight comes down you will remember this door. You will feel the pain and shine, you will get covered in s**t and you will shine, you will screw-up and you will shine.

ON 10! You will go through here and shine. Going through here makes you shine! On 10 you shine start to end.

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, SHINE!

Dang! I feel inspired just reading that!

Do you have one for getting out of bed in the morning?

[Joseph E. Smith]

What greater pep-talk could there be than that provided for us by that great philosopher, Gerry of the Pacemakers:

When you walk through the storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm
There's a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of the lark

Walk on, through the wind
Walk on, through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone

Gerry may have covered it, but I believe Rogers and Hammmerstien wrote it for the musical "Carousel".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27ll_N ... %28song%29

Whatever obstacles you will face, take heart. Chances are that they are only figments of your imagineation or at the very least, much smaller than they may appear.

... edited to insert correct musical title.

[pixyy]

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More power to your wee wheel!

[amar]

don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things.

[SteveShaw]

Gerry may have covered it, but I believe Rogers and Hammmerstien wrote it for the musical "Carousel".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27ll_N ... %28song%29

Ahem. I did know that actually, Joseph.

[Joseph E. Smith]

Gerry may have covered it, but I believe Rogers and Hammmerstien wrote it for the musical "Carousel".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27ll_N ... %28song%29

Ahem. I did know that actually, Joseph.

Wasn't sure.

[avanutria]

I sent you this a few years ago and I still think it's inspirational.

http://www.rathergood.com/biscuits/

I hope it's still working...it isn't showing up on my work computer but I think it just doesn't have the right plug-in.

[peeplj]

"I wish it need not have happened in my time." --Frodo Baggins

"So do I, and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." --Gandalf

"Beren now, he never thought he was going to get that Silmaril from the Iron Crown in Thangorodrim, and yet he did, and that was a worse place and a blacker danger than ours. But that's a long tale, of course, and goes on past the happiness and into grief and beyond it - and the Silmaril went on and came to Eärendil. And why, sir, I never thought of that before! We've got - you've got some of the light of it in that star-glass that the Lady gave you! Why, to think of it, we're in the same tale still! It's going on. Don't the great tales never end?" --Sam Gamgee

--James

[djm]

Oh! OH!!! WAIT!!!!! I've got one:

A man walks down the street
He says why am I short of attention
Got a short little span of attention
And whoa my nights are so long
Where's my wife and family
What if I die here
Who'll be my role-model
Now that my role-model is
Gone Gone
He ducked back down the alley
With some roly-poly little bat-faced girl
All alone alone
There were incidents and accidents
There were hints and allegations

Well, gee, no .... I guess that doesn't really help much, does it?

djm

[Montana]

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for. - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
Depending on how you look at it, that may or may not be inspirational.

[burnsbyrne]

What greater pep-talk could there be than that provided for us by that great philosopher, Gerry of the Pacemakers:

When you walk through the storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm
There's a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of the lark

Walk on, through the wind
Walk on, through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone

When I saw Jerry and the Pacemakers I thought fo sure you would quote "Don't let the sun catch you crying"

[Nanohedron]

Speaking of gamely persevering in song, here's another (warning: really annoying MIDI file plays when the page is loaded):

http://www.jacquedee63.com/sukiyaki.html

Lyrics and everything!

[djm]

What truly abysmal midi's on that site, Nano. There's no excuse for trashing good music that way IMHO.

djm

[Joseph E. Smith]

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for. - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
Depending on how you look at it, that may or may not be inspirational.

Don't believe a word of this. I was never, and have never been in Washington. It's all a lie... honestly.... except the lost cause bit... I may be a lost cause... or at the very least, a misplaced cause.

[Lambchop]

So, it's 5:57 p.m. Did he get motivated, or what?