Take Care Of You...

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. 

Christopher Reeve, a man who suffered an accident leaving him a quadriplegic and faced more difficulty in his life than any one of us has the capacity to imagine, said this. He suffered great loss, and in light of this he fought for the rest of his years to do good by those who have suffered similar losses.

People give up too easily. The human race is supposed to be resilient, we're supposed to be strong, we're supposed to be fighters and we're supposed to be in control of ourselves. We live in a place where people have an astounding capacity for cruelty, an ability to be so totally degrading to one another and an ability to hate. There are people who let these traits control their lives, and there are the people who let these traits scare them out of living. There are also people with an astounding capacity to love, so great that it defines us as a species. Those who embrace this ability are fulfilled, those who are embraced by it are content.

The problem, as I see it, is that we get focused on the little things that happen and displease us - we focus on the things that are holding us back and forget that there is only one thing truly stopping our growth.

You are the creator of your own fate. You are your own greatest critic. You are the single barrier keeping you from that which you so desire.

The people around you will come and go, each one having an effect on who you are. Hold their good judgement close to your heart, accept their constructive criticism. Do not overwhelm yourself with the desire to change for them.

You are strong. You are beautiful. You are unique.

Right now is only a passing second, one of our greatest saving graces is that time never stands still. Believe in yourself, know your capacity to love, remember that you are young and that as slow as time may feel it will one day come to an end. There is no use rushing this end, you have much more work left to do here.

- xx, Kelly.