This poem hung on the wall in our kitchen while i was growing up in Akron, Ohio. I grew up in a very positive, loving environment. Both of my parents were hard workers and our morals and values unquestionably were geared with a loving regard toward the rest of humanity. I was fortunate to not have some of the traumas or hardships that some people have had to endure.
Life brings to us such challenges sometimes. The world shifted, I grew up. Things that happened to my world kind of felt shattering to me. A lot of my own choices made it even worse. I am merely human, so I do not mean to beat upon my self over it, only to say that I chose a more challenging path than most.
Ironically, I would love to believe that this gave me the opportunity to be a more beautiful person, or at least more capable of helping the suffering of others. Sometimes no word of encouragement or pep talk can uplift another. Sometimes I just need to revert back to the old tried and true adage: and 'REST IF I MUST, BUT JUST DON'T QUIT'
So wherever you are, and whatever you are going through, don't worry, you will be alright. Just don't quit, give yourself another chance, or ten, if need be. You are worth it.