Thursday, March 19, 2009 . 2:12 AM

When you read something over and over again but can't seem to get it into that thick skull of yours.

When you spend 12 hours a day mugging endlessly, looking at how many pages you have left for this chapter to finish, looking at how many sets of notes/chapters you have left before you can say you're done.

When you try to recall what you have mugged 24 hours ago but can't remember about half of it.

When you close your eyes to test your memory, or to take a short break, and wake up 45 minutes later, 45 minutes lost to your carelessness.

When you tell yourself you must get up on the dot at 0730 to start mugging the next morning, but can't bear to drag yourself out of bed, dreading the long ordeal that awaits you that day.

When you opened your mail this morning.

It's moments like these that make you feel like crying.

But life is not without its challenges, and even though some days you feel like giving up, exiting the rat race just for a while, you know you cannot.

You know that no matter how bad it gets, you will do your best to survive, and even if you don't, you know you did your best. Even if your best is not good enough, you still did your best.

And it's moments like these, that you can lift your head up high and be proud.

So don't give up. Strive on, no matter how hopeless it seems, no matter how many times you wished you could've started earlier. Strive on - and be proud.

"You'll Never Walk Alone"

Archangel