Friday, January 4, 2013
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities ...
because it is the quality that guarantees all others.
Courage, is believing in something,
greater, and more deeply than your own innate fears.
and then choosing to act upon it.
it's your own belief and passion triumphing your own fears.
Courage is the most important of the virtues,
because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently.
You can practice any virtue erratically,
but nothing consistently without courage.
sometimes we may falter, but let's pick ourselves up and press on.
till we breathe our last breath, this journey is not over.
it's never too late. look forward, and let's rise again.
for one day, each of us will triumph, in our own way.
hold on, and have faith.
your dreams are worth fighting for.
but always, have the wisdom to know when it's irrational stubbornness,
in insisting on persevering down a specific path,
and when it's a rightful battle waged in pursuit of something greater.
when you're wrong, it too is courage to admit our mistakes
to bear the pain of loss,
the bitterness mourning over the hours of effort that you've invested in it.
but for things that truly are worth fighting for,
stand up for it, face up to the obstacles that life may throw at you
there's bound to people, even the people closest to you,
who may discourage you from this path.
no it's not out of malicious ill-intent,
they're doing it out of genuine goodwill,
just that we're all different, with differing perceptions.
and perhaps it's just out of a natural human reaction against change.
whatever comes, just know that if you've been given this life,
because some one somewhere, god*, perhaps.
truly believes that you're strong enough to live it.
if you're strong enough to die, to relinquish your right to something as precious as life,
then you are also strong enough to live it, to meet whatever has been thrown at you with the same courage needed to die.
if you can decide to give up, then you have the same tenacity to try again.
if you have the intellect to lie your way out of something, to come up with 101 excuses not to do something
then you have the same intelligence to think of a solution to your problems.
If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together..
there is something you must always remember. you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
but the most important thing is, even if we're apart..i'll always be with you.
we all have our own inspirations which we draw strength from, some times these inspirations are plucked from us, transpiring into a sense of utter emptiness. perhaps you're feeling as though there really isn't anything left to push you on. we're feeling weak, at a loss, aimless, just drifting. incapacitated by our own inabilities and the our own insignificance contrasted against this vast world, but nothing, no one can ever wrench away the flame of hope, and the inner strength buried deep within your heart. and be it life, or death, or a thousand miles of distance, it'll always be with you. and they will always be in your heart. even when your memory starts to fail you, know that it's not the tangibles that make them real. it's the mere fact of having experienced it, and rest assured that it'll always be with you. even if you can't remember the details of their faces it's probably still in your consciousness.
dear,you're the helm of my ship.
lets sail through the seas together.