Perseverance.

[Lionblade]

In every life, a little rain must fall... For some it is but a drop, and for others, a storm... We must find a way to
persevere.To bask in the sunlight at one moment, but prepared not to shatter upon the rocks the next. What makes us who we are is what we do when that storm comes. We must look into that storm and stand our ground firm. I am not strong physically, but I do not give up easily. You must do the same. If life comes crashing down on you, you carry the weight of the world on your shoulders and trudge the path ahead. If the path becomes blocked, then you break the mold and forge your own path.

You Are Your Own Keeper:
Let no soul on this earth ever tell you that you are not good enough or deny you your wants or needs. If you have the will to go through what it takes to get where you want to be, then no one has the right to stop you. Who are they to challenge you? It is no one's right to say no after you have earned the right to be where you want to be or do what you want to do.

The world will have its challenges. Many forces will try to stop you. They tell you that you are not good enough, that you are in adequate. You destroy whoever dares to tell you that you have no worth. Do not cause physical harm unjustly. What I mean is to make their words false. To rise above and make their own inner voice tremble as they speak the words of defeat.

Stay The Course:
Do not be swayed from your goals. People will try to stop you; they will stick a finger in your face and tell you you're no good. They will try to make you accept your inadequacies. To believe that you are not as good as you are. But not only them, at times, you will try and convince yourself otherwise. Doubt will spread in your heart like cancer if you let it grab hold. You will tell yourself that you can't do it, and slowly the dreams you held in your heart will slowly crumble away by your own hand. Because you let it. And to let your dreams die... because of yourself.. is as death itself.

Do not stray, stay true to yourself. If you want somethin bad enough then you go out there and take it. And you don't stop until your dreams become reality. If reality rejects, then you change the world.

The Truth:
The world will not always be sunshine and smiles. It's a place that will beat you down if you let it. And no matter your physical strength, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. It isn't how hard you can hit back, it is about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep trudging the path ahead. If you know your worth, then go out and claim your worth. But you have to be prepared to take the hits that comes with it. Nothing worth having comes easy... And anything that comes easy isn't worth having.

(Yes there are references to movie quotes. They were appropriate to the topic at hand. If you think I'm stealing someone's thunder... well I coulda created the storm if I wanted.)