Souzouryokufinding lucidity in creative reconstruction

All of these lines across my face

Tell you the story of who I am

So many stories of where I’ve been

And how I got to where I am

But these stories don’t mean anything

When you’ve got no one to tell them to

Song Excerpt: “The Story” by Brandi Carlile

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It’s not having everything go right;
It’s facing whatever goes wrong.
It’s not being without fear;
It’s having the determination to go in spite of it.
It’s not where you stand,
But the direction you’re going in.
It’s more than never having bad …

Carry the sun inside you and reach out for the dreams that guide you.
You have everything you need to take you where you want to go.
You have the abilities and talents and attributes that belong to you alone
and you have what it takes to make your path of success…lead to …

Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The pen is in your hand, but the lines will not all be written the way you choose; some will come from the world …