BELIEF

No hope without belief,
No success, motivation is absent,
No sense of responsibility,
No determination, no gain!

                                If you are subject to many indignities,
                               You have failed; if you have no rights
                               You are always wrong and guilty; and
                               If you have no education, you are ignorant.

My people, belief is important, and the
Stronger it is, the greater the success;
There should always be hope as long as
There is life

                                       Because, the unseen creator is beyond
                                       The actual situation of facts, strongly
                                        Believe that the future will be brighter,
                                       And expand that belief for eternity.

Strengthen your belief and have a go,
Try, try and try, try again! Your chance
Must be hidden somewhere in between, hold on!
You haven’t reached the last page yet! Hold on.

                          Now that you already have some ideas of what
                         Belief can be, and what you know is just some
                       Of the outlines of the fundamentals of what belief
                       Can provide, produce and offer.

Have no complaints as long as life goes on,
Believe, hope and try

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