Something Attempted, Something Done

My blog title is a line from an old favorite poem "The Village Blacksmith" by H. W. Longfellow. It appears in this verse:

Toiling, --rejoicing, --sorrowing,

Onward through life he goes;

Each morning sees some task begin,

Each evening sees it close;

Something attempted, something done,

Has earned a night's repose.

I wanted to title the blog, "Something Attempted, Nothing Done" but my resolution for the year is to be a little more optimistic.