Do It

In the 1970s I wrote a little whimsy essay called “DO IT.”  

I ran across it the other day while poring through a box of “Carole’s Writings,” and thought it to be good advice for starting any project... minor or major.

So, of course, it became a poem.

For the August 2025 poem of the Month, here is the new poem, based on my 1970s essay, “DO IT.”

Hope you like it… and remember this… whatever the question, love is always the answer.

DO IT

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act.”
(So said Amelia Earhart in 1935.)
“The rest,’ she said, “is merely tenacity.”
Once you take the first step, you’re more likely to arrive.

Putting things off until the timing is right
Is a bad habit. Another word for it is “procrastinate.”
ZIg Ziglar, a motivational speaker, once put it this way:
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
(The wisdom of an ancient Chinese sage.)
Your future is created by what you do today.
Don’t wait to begin your own pilgrimage.

The subject is timeless:
The slogan “Just Do It” was created for Nike in 1988, 
by their advertising company, (Wieden and Kennedy). 
Nike holds the trademark.