Have you ever really wanted to do something but thought, or were told, that "It couldn't be done"? Well, think again! Here's some advice from a forbear writing in one of the earliest issues of Irish Nursing News.

It Couldn't Be Done

Somebody told him "it couldn't be done" --

But he, with a chuckle replied

That maybe it couldn't but he would be one

Who wouldn't say so till he'd tried.

So, he buckled right in with the trace of a grin

On his face: if he suffered, he hid it

And he started to sing as he tackled the thing

That "couldn't be done"--and he did it!

There are plenty to tell you "it cannot be done,"

Plenty to prophecy failure:

Plenty to name for you one after one

The dangers that wait to assail you!

But just buckle in with the trace of a grin

And take off your coat and set to it

And start to sing as you tackle the thing

That "cannot be done"--and you'll do it!

Anon (1922) It Couldn't Be Done. Irish Nursing News, 1 (2).