Accept, Believe and Appreciate!

There are times I awaken in the night and I am frightened, I am afraid of the place I am at that very moment.

There are times I awaken in the night and I am frightened, I am afraid of how I got where I was at that very moment.

Reality, I have lost perspective!

I have lost perspective of accepting my place on this earth as I have been granted at this very moment!

I have lost perspective that I am NOT the one in control. 

Yes, we preach to our young that they are control of their destiny,

The truth, they are not!  There is a higher calling!

There is a calling of all those in combat and I am one of those that must decide if I am ready for that battle.

Am I ready to battle the evil of the world?

Funny, it is at that moment that you realize that you are as strong as you declare yourself to be. 

There are others that are stronger.

They are stronger because they declare their superiority over all others.

They do not allow others to steal their joy!

They do not allow others to take a stand in their place without the fight, without working through all the opposition and sacrifice!

They declare their position in life!

They demand to be respected!

They demand to be appreciated and loved for who they are without any reservation!

It is my job to nurture and build that seed because it is because of them we are who we are today.

It is because of those that have struggled, those that wiped the sweat and tears away that have brought us to this point of success.

Without the sacrifice, sweat and tears of those before us, we would be nothing!

Accept and appreciate the sacrifice of others to know and understand why and how you stand today!

You are nothing without the sacrifices of those before us!  Accept, Believe and Appreciate!