I've faced uncertainty, adversity, false starts, dead ends and troubles that seemed insurmountable. Something would occur and I'd feel out of control and incapable of overcoming it but little by little as I stood back to gain perspective and reorder my thoughts I'd find the courage to reach forward and those things became clearer; a way forward, around or over the problem always presented itself; yes it might be difficult, but it was a way to create a better future.
Emotionally, it's been difficult when trouble strikes and the future seems uncertain but I think it's through overcoming adversity that the true spirit of a person shows itself.
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I'm not exactly sure how to define the human spirit but I suppose it's being able to stand tall, look an uncertain future in the eye so to speak, to see opportunity and to approach it with optimism and energy and with a view to shaping the future rather simply being a subject to it.
Reaching for that future, reaching farther than we think we can, and finding belief, the belief that our problems can be faced, addressed and brought to a positive result, brings with it a degree of power over our thoughts and how we allow them to push us forward or hold us back.
Humans are fragile creatures in body and mind but we also posses a fierceness, an ability to do very difficult things and to strive for a better future, to reach out for it, and I think that's what we could define as the human spirit.
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