Fall down seven times, stand up eight

I started writing this post a while back but for whatever reason never ended up finishing it or posting it until tonight... so here you go:


"The youth she owned still lingered deep inside her eyes, unhardened like the remainder of that she consisted of. She embraced the coming restless days and sleepless nights with courage, bravery, and determination. What lay ahead, she would never predict but the unknown could not and did not stop her. She believed in pressing on, and pressing on she did. She looked back, but only to see how far she had come."

Don't ask me why I wrote that, because for the most part: I have no idea.
There is little part I do, such as the inspiration of the "she" but I'm not telling you.

Something I do know though and will share is how much I am constantly amazed by the ability, that we as humans possess, to be so resilient.

It absolutely astounds me everyday how many people I see that, even though they are facing the utmost unfortunate and terrible struggles, that they keep on swimming.

Take a minute and think about the last trial you faced, how it changed you, and how far you have come in your life since it happened.

Now think of the strongest person you know, what makes them strong? From my point of view, it's the people that no matter how many times they get knocked down - they never stay down. And that doesn't mean they don't stumble - just because they seem to bear strength that would make Samson himself tremble - that doesn't mean they're not allow to fall...*starts singing terribly off key* "Even the best fall down sometimes, even the wrong words seem to rhyme.." thank you Mr Howie Day.

I guess my goal for myself, and my hope for those of you reading this, is that no matter how many times we stumble, fall, get knocked down, pushed over and stepped on while we're down there, that we get back up.
And yes, I realize that is easier said than done, but that doesn't mean it can't be done... keep looking up and the rest of you will eventually follow, if you catch my drift... and even if you don't, just think about when you're driving a car - where you look is where it will go, think of yourself and your life the same way.

We got this.

Cheers.