No Kind of Sharp Stones...

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I may dream an easy journey but I know that the road is never an easy one without trials, I may wish for a path that is yet gentle and kind where no kind of sharp stones can cut the soles of my feet
I may dream an easy journey but I know that the road is never an easy one without trials, where no sky is darker than gray, where the sky remains blue and the winds will never rise
I may dream an easy journey but I know that the road is never an easy one without trials, where the road stretches so straight without shadows or even storms that makes the road so slippery
I may dream an easy journey but I know that the road is never an easy one without trials, yet life doesn’t not grant us such wishes without any form for the harder price…

I may wish to escape from this storm but I know no kind of door can keep it out forever, for the world is untamed, and the winds do not heed like the tides will rise even as the ground may shake
I may wish to escape from this storm but I know no kind of door can keep it out forever, as a traveler I must face what the journey takes me as no kind of reason longs for the weight of despair
I may wish to escape from this storm but I know no kind of door can keep it out forever, no voice calls out hoping for the hope of sorrow’s embrace and the comfort of pain and relief
I may wish to escape from this storm but I know no kind of door can keep it out forever, yet suffering walks like a shadow unseen just waiting for none, but answering no plea…

If I must endure hardship let me do so with dignity and kind resolve, yet the moment of this trial is near, but shall I tremble and break or shall I stand tall with my own true convictions
If I must endure hardship let me do so with dignity and kind resolve, for through pain can wound us as it also reveals what strength lies buried, waiting to rise and recover from unyielding soul
If I must endure hardship let me do so with dignity and kind resolve, not with the cried of one to overcome and not with the hands of coward who never turned back
If I must endure hardship let me do so with dignity and kind resolve, but still with fire, the hardship ignites like a burning light in such unyielding soul wanting to be a fool to what he may believe…

Let me not be taken by surprise but I want to meet the trials with opened eyes, may I stand in a way that does not shame my soul but let my spirits be one that does not break
Let me not be taken by surprise but I want to meet the trials with opened eyes, for difficulty does not wait for convenience, it does not pause because one isn’t ready but it will startle you, caught you unaware even
Let me not be taken by surprise but I want to meet the trials with opened eyes, it does not pause because one is not ready but the only answer to this unkind fate is to face it standing rather than hiding in fear
Let me not be taken by surprise but I want to meet the trials with opened eyes, for life is not meant to be without struggle and it is not always given only to be lived in ease, even to the point that I despise the burden of pain, I will welcome it and bear it well and will not break…

Watchwords:
What is the worth of a heart untried, and a life never strained
And comfort alone does not leave a worthy mark
Let my hands be steady, my back be unbowed
To walk through fire and emerged unburdened