Without accepting the fact that everything changes,
we cannot find perfect composure.

      But unfortunately,
      although it is true,
it is difficult for us to accept it.


      Because we cannot accept
        the truth of transience,
                we suffer. 4



              If nothing ever changed,
            there'd be no butterflies.
5
If you spend your whole life complaining,
you will look back on your life and complain
that you never appreciated anything.

If you spend your life appreciating everything,
you will always have something to look forward to.
3
Sometimes you meet someone inspirational.  
They move you beyond anything,
and you are left in awe
thinking that person is so strong
and just complete.  


              They know themselves,
      their passions,
and
they push way beyond their limits.

In fact, do they have any at all?  



They work so hard,
and their strength
plows them right through to exhaustion,
      and they keep pushing.




      Pull yourself back
              on the path you need to be on,
                      gamble a little,
                              put trust in fate,
                                      but know that your heart will lead you.  



                              Have the strength
                      to push down those barriers;

              how did they ever get there?

      and why?

yet. . . .
did they ever really exist to begin with?



Dear one,
no matter what the turmoil,

determination

will give you the strength
      to push past those invisible walls.

              if you choose. . . . 1
Go beyond your feelings
Go beyond what you see
Go beyond to what you believe
Go beyond to what seems to be your destiny



Keep moving toward what is yours
Go beyond those so-called closed doors


Go beyond the words of deceit
Words used to cause defeat


Go beyond others opinions of you
      Don't let them dictate what you can do

              Go beyond the nay-sayers
                     Be your own believer


     Believe in you


Believe in what God
     Has created you to do



Know within you are abilities:
      abilities that will cause you to be an achiever.
             That is why you must be a believer

                     A believer in yourself



Go beyond others’ thoughts of you
Learn to believe in yourself
     and to yourself be true

              For your life is
                      dependent on
                      you

                      What you believe
              and what you do



Therefore
 go
           always believing in You  2
Believe In You - Butterfly
Sources:
[1] -Dark Horse and A Cherry Tree ~anon
[2] -Believe In You  ~Tecko H. Green 2006
[3] ~Allen Steble 2007
[4] ~Shunryu Suzuki
[5] ~Author Unknown

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