“ Children are not chattel. they cannot be given away or traded in the marketplace. ”
He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave.
~ Garth Stein
Such a simple concept, yet so true: that which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves.
To separate oneself from the burden, the angst, the anguish that we all encounter everyday. To say I am alive, I am wonderful, I am. I am. That is something to aspire to.
[T]he race is long - to finish first, first you must finish.
