Despite darkness you rise.

It's amazing what life will put you through. I realize now that the true leaders of the world, the real movers and shakers are people who have been through a lot. People who have carved themselves into our society's history have one thing in common: struggle. It is with this struggle that they learn how to evolve. With evolution, everyone changes in some form or fashion. But to truly evolve, usually involves some form of emotional hardship that tempers you like a blade.

And once that blade is fully forged, there is a remarkable after event that usually follows. You either become better or worse from the hardships you have endured. I was so entrenched into so much of my own hardships, blaming the past. But I see clearly now, how that shaped me into the individual that I am today. I've learned that if anyone, and I mean anyone tries to diminish you or your concerns in any way, you cut that person off. Your power is your own belief, your own faith, and understanding. Never let anyone tell you what you cannot truly achieve. Never let anyone tell you not to become what you want to be. Do not let their fears become your own.

Wear the costume, drink the wine, talk to that girl or guy you've been eyeing, it all is worth the experience of it in the end. Never live with regret at all unless you can learn from that regret. Hardships create opportunities to grow within yourself. Established systems are only temporary realities in the face of the universe. Be who you truly are, the world will know anyways. Run for that council seat, create that business that will eventually fail, it is all part of the process. Failure creates opportunities.

Knowledge is true power. It is with this that you rise. It is with belief and knowledge, that you overcome everything in your life. No one can take that away from you. Your age is meaningless in the scope of the universe. Your ethnicity is meaningless in the greater scope of the universe. Your gender, sexual orientation, national origin, etc. not of that actually matters in the greater scope of the universe. Legends rise regardless of circumstances, be your own.



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