Life is a test.? It was designed to be so.? It is where we taste the bitter and the sweet; where we feel pain and pleasure; where we learn right from wrong; where we pass through both darkness and light.? It is a time to make choices.? And through this process we form our characters - some grand and glorious, some barely decent, and others just plain monstrous.?
Richelle E. Goodrich
Time and again the sun sets like a bedimming curtain before my eyes, taking with it all illumination, warmth, and color.? I am overwhelmed by night and the monsters that lurk in shadows of despair.? But alas, stars twinkle from afar, shedding the tiniest rays of lighted hope.? I am reminded that the sun also rises, and that morning's glory shall restore beauty to my world.? The realization of this dream is only a matter of waiting out the dreary night.? So, I shall persevere.
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Don't underestimate the power of friendship. Those bonds are tight stitches that close up the holes you might otherwise fall through.
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The bitterest hardships, the most daunting trials; none of these are burdens if it means being with you.
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Hope is a fire more ravenous than the flames of temptation.? For if only a portion of it poisons your veins, it is enough to make you stand against ridiculous odds again and again and again.
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Life has moments that feel as if the sun has blackened to tar and the entire world turned to ice.? It feels as if Hades rose from the depths of Tartarus with his vile demons solely for the purpose of gathering to personally torture you, and that their genuine intent of mental, emotional, and spiritual anguish is tearing you to shreds.? Your heart weighs as heavily as leaden legs which you would drag yourself forward with if not for the quicksand that overcomes you, pulling you down inch by inch, paralyzing your will and threatening oblivion.? And all the while fire and brimstone pour from the sky, pelting only you.? Truly, that is what it feels like. But that feeling is a trial that won't last forever.? Never give up.
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What you perceive as a failure today may actually be a crucial step towards the success you seek. Never give up.
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There are many who don't wish to sleep for fear of nightmares. Sadly, there are many who don't wish to wake for the same fear.
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Just because a person successfully steers a voyage through hell doesn't mean he ever wants to sail that route again.
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No one is without troubles; without personal hardships and genuine challenges.? That fact may not be obvious because most people don't advertise their woes and heartaches.? But nobody, not even the purest heart, escapes life without suffering battle scars.
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