There will be moments when you will question your strength to persevere.

Yet still, you will rise and present yourself to the world,

despite the shadows of despair that may linger.

In time, a glimmer of hope will emerge,

a lifeline appearing from an unexpected place, guiding you forward.

And in that moment when you see that you made it through,

the air will feel lighter and your grip will soften .

You will realise that you are an alchemist that turned dark clouds into light.

And as you walk with your head held high,

you will notice the admiring glances of the doubters ..

An inspiration to other struggling souls.

An example of endurance and perseverance.

And so, a new stronger resilient self emerges,

confidant in the knowledge that you refused to be beaten

and you will now cherish and nurture the strength that carried you forward,

never to be doubted again.

~s.c.

may I never forget how to move forward…

inquiry for today~ and may there be peace in your soul…..

for soul comfort….

Whatever has happened, whatever is going to happen in the world, it is the living moment that contains the sum of the excitement, this moment in which we touch life and all the energy of the past and future. Here is all the developing greatness of the dream of the world, the pure flash of momentary imagination, the vision of life lived outside of triumph or defeat, in continual triumph and defeat, in the present, alive. All the crafts of subtlety, all the effort, all the loneliness and death, the thin and blazing threads of reason, the spill of blessing, the passion behind these silences- all the invention turns to one end: the fertilizing of the moment, so that there may be more life.

~Muriel Rukeyser