It takes bvelieving in your dreams
and in what you know to be true.
Surviving disappointments
and the times when
you're truly alone.
Awakening to see that you
have made it through
the difficult times
with only yourself to depend on.
It takes facing the truth
that only you can shape your destiny.
Realizing that the footsteps
you take today
are the ones that will
lead you into tomorrow,
and they must be guided by
an unswerving faith in yourself.
Understanding that the failures,
setbacks, and hurst
life often gives us all
only services as steppingstones
to true happiness -
and if you follow the trail
instead of turning back,
only then will you recognize
your strengths
and be able to view life.
from the summit.
- Debra McCleary -
