Do not dwell on yesterday or tomorrow; focus on today. Life is just a vapor that will soon fade away. Faith is what we have in things we do not believe exist, but this is real. Do not be afraid to pass through or try harder when you fail. This is more than a battle between the vows A E I OU and sometimes Y. This is exactly what it looks like. Shattered glass; pieces of thoughts everywhere. Have the mind of a champion. Once you are done doing something leave it unapproachable nonnegotiable. Push way pass the point of breaking. There is a very thin line between dreams and reality no mistaking.
From here I see again - not property
Men mangled and maimed by history
Not the shadows in chains
Chipping and hauling wooden flesh
Creation with more license
Than God on the silver skin
Carried its cargo before the wind
Of meaninglessness -
Here looks across the shining city
The muted mist of history
And here stand only as man
Nonnegotiable, nothing less.
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