"It Couldn't Be Done"

Short and stubby, the bumblebee doesn't look very flight-worthy. Indeed, in the 1930s, French entomologist August Magnan even noted that the insect's flight is actually impossible.  Bumblebee's physics-defying flight is not possible because the laws of aerodynamics prove that the bumblebee can't fly, as it does not have the required capacity (in terms of wing area or flapping speed).

Thank God, no one found a language to covey this to Bumble bee, it thinks it can fly, and it does fly.

Try as you might to surround yourself with positive people, there are still many naysayers in the world. This is what Edgar Guest says to do when you encounter them, and I agree.

"It Couldn't Be Done" 

                                   by Edgar A. Guest

   

Somebody said that 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 worried he hid it.

    He started to sing as he tackled the thing

    That couldn’t be done, and he did it.

    Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you’ll never do that;

    At least no one has done it";

    But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,

    And the first thing we knew he’d begun it.

    With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,

    Without any doubting or quiddit,

    He started to sing as he tackled the thing

    That couldn’t be done, and he did it.

    There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,

    There are thousands to prophesy failure;

    There are thousands to point out to you one by one,

    The dangers that wait to assail you.

    But just buckle it in with a bit of a grin,

    Just take off your coat and go to it;

    Just start to sing as you tackle the thing

    That "couldn't be done" and you'll do it.