Picture this: I was midway through a grueling job search a few years back, rejection emails piling up like unread bills. One rainy afternoon, I stumbled upon Rudyard Kipling’s “If,” and those lines about keeping your head when all about you are losing theirs hit me square in the chest. It wasn’t just words; it felt like a lifeline pulling me back from the edge of quitting. That’s the essence of inspiring poetry about not giving up – verses that whisper encouragement when life screams defeat. These poems remind us that perseverance isn’t about never falling; it’s about rising every…