Growing...

It's impossible to go through life
Without making mistakes
Without being deceived by friends
Without getting sick
Without a broken heart
Without a dear friend's death
Without making a wrong judgment
That, my friend
Is the cost of living.
Nevertheless, what is important?
It's not that it happens,
But how you react.
If you accumulate wounds
That eternally bleeds
You will live like a wounded bird

One grows...
One grows when
There is no vacuum of hope
Nor lack of will,
Nor lack of faith.

One grows when,
You accept reality and, Have the guts to live it, Not only when you accept
your destiny But you have the will to change it.
One grows owning what you have left behind, Building for what lies ahead And
face the future.

One grows..
When you defy
When you give.
One grows,
When you open roads,
Marking your steps.
Inhale your past, and plant your roots.

One grows when you have goals,
And you go run after them
Without seeking approval or judgment
When you set an example,
Without a care in the world,
When you do your duty.

One grows when
You have fortitude
Based on experience
And tempered with sensitivity
And human feelings

One grows when
You face the winter
Even though you may loose all leaves,
Pick roses even though they have thorns, Hit the road even though it's
filled with dirt.

One grows when
You can hold on to life
With the remains of a broken illusion
When you can perfume yourself
With week old flowers
And to light up with the hope of love


One grows helping others
Giving more than what you take in
One grows when you are rooted firmly
When you don't take any steps back
When you fight like an eagle
To maintain your flight
When you set anchor
And shine like a star
Then...

One grows.

 
Jean val Jean