Edgar A. Guest
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Nov 4, 2026
James ClyburnGUEST
And so that, to me, is what shaped me.
James ClyburnGUEST
And so when I told him that I was not going to go to the seminary as we had discussed, he said to me on that occasion, borrowing from the poem of Edgar Guest, son, I suspect the world would much rather see a sermon than to hear one.
James ClyburnGUEST
And that's the last time we discuss religion.
Mike PescaHOST
So that's interesting.
Nikki CrossHOST
you need to hear it again.
Nikki CrossHOST
This poem is by Edgar Albert Guest and it's called Don't Quit.
Nikki CrossHOST
I'm going to read it and then I'm going to tell you why.
Nikki CrossHOST
It says this, when things go wrong, as they sometimes will, when the road you're trudging seems uphill, when the funds are low and the debts are high, when you want to smile but you have to sigh, when care is pressing you down a bit, rest if you must, but don't you quit.
Amanda SellersHOST
And as we get started here, what are you grateful for today? I am grateful that it is my son's first hockey game of the season, so always fun to go watch him.
Amanda SellersHOST
And Yesterday, I found this poem about gratitude by a poet named Edgar Guest.
Amanda SellersHOST
Have you heard of him? And so when we talk about gratitude, we aren't just going to think about gratitude.
Amanda SellersHOST
We're going to feel it.
Amanda SellersHOST
and just bring ourselves back into this present moment and notice the abundance and the blessings in the here and now.
Amanda SellersHOST
So here is a poem.
Amanda SellersHOST
Edgar Guest says, Be grateful for the kindly friends that walk along your way.
Amanda SellersHOST
Be grateful for the skies of blue that smile from day to day.
Paul CleworthHOST
Before the three things, one more voice, a poem I've loved for years.
Paul CleworthHOST
Edgar Guest was born in Birmingham, went to Detroit as a boy and spent decades writing poems for the Detroit Free Press.
Paul CleworthHOST
They called him the People's Poet, and in 1914 he wrote one called It Couldn't Be Done, and I want to read you the whole thing.
Paul CleworthHOST
It Couldn't Be Done.