For Courage

Our greatest strength is not in never falling, but in rising when we fall. 

There are SO many people who have had struggles in their lives.feel they've had to fight their whole life.

I believe it was CS Lewis who said "Discouragement is not in the [event]. It is in us." He, or someone, called doubt, despair, and discouragement a germ. Believe it: You can be going through the hardest of things and be at peace within. This comes by knowing that dispite hard things, you are making the right choices. Only by knowing that you are fighting for righteousness can you feel calm in the storm.

There is a tale I love, of a prince who was delivered up to all the the horrors and evils of the world. To temptations that most men would have buckled into and exposed to escapes through drugs and diseases of the mind. Through it all, he stood valiant, and gave in to none of it. When he was finally freed from such influences, he was asked: "Why did you not give in?"

"I cannot," said the prince, "for I was born to be a king."

Well guess, what? You are born for so much more than anything this world's vices have to offer. You potential extends to the stars, and I promise you that it is greater than you can comprehend, and greater than a king. With the knowledge that you were made for so much, how can anyone give into the disgusting, miserable sins of the world? When you know these things, it's easy. You are better than all of it. The tenptation is all but gone.

Life is hard. Sometimes the ways of the world seem like the most painless paths. But they are lies and deceptions, and will rather bring you the most pain. I have seen it. On the other hand, I have felt the peace that comes from working toward worthy goals, even when the storms rage around me.

Just as it has come to me, it can come to you. We all have the same potential. Grasp it, and you can feel it too.

 In order to become who you want to be, you need to be who you want to become. Nothing comes all at once. It takes effort, but the effort is rewarding.

There are treasures laid up in store.

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I don't have a lot of time for these posts any more, so they are simple and condensed, and perhaps not as powerful. But they are things I have learned from life and they do not lie. Don't give into the fallacy that you have fallen much too far to deserve another chance. You've only fallen beyond reach if you refuse to stand back up.