“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”
― Socrates
Poem
Invictus
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbow’d.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Lies but the horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
(william henley)
love
Never miss an opportunity to show your love, especially to those close to you, because we are always at our most cautious with them, for fear of being hurt.
Love – because you will be the first to benefit. The world around you will reward you, even if, at first, you say to yourself: ‘They don’t understand my love.’
Love does not need to be understood. It needs only to be shown.
-Paulo Coelho
honesty
I just always knew I wanted to live life as an honest, brave girl, and a useful person. It has always been in my prayers.
Blooming Butterfly 