I AM A WINNER I HAVE BEATEN ALL ODDS TO GET TO WHERE I AM TODAY.I HAVE FELT SOME PAIN EVERYTIME I HAVE WALKED ANOTHER STEP FORWARD,YET AFTER HAVING EVEN TAKING ONE STEP BACK,I HAVE KNOWN THE REGRESSION AND GIVING UP WERE NOT OPTIONS FOR ME.I HAVE FELT THE EMPTINESS OF SEPERATION AS I HAVE MOVED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.I HAVE LEARNED THE ARTS OF PERSISTANT,TENACITY AND DEDICATION.I KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO WATCH MY WORLD AND DREAMS SHATTER TO A MILLION PIECES TO MY FEET.I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO PLAY UNTIL THERES NOTHING ELSE LEFT INSIDE OF ME THEN PLAY SOME MORE.I KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BE LOVED AND I KNOW HOW IT FEELS WHEN THAT LOVE GROWS HARD AND COLD.I KNOW HOW TO BE HAPPY.I KNOW HOW TO SMILE AND SPREAD JOY IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS WITH THAT SAME SMILE.I HAVE LEARNED THAT ONE CONVERSATION CAN MAKE OR BREAK A FRAGILE MIND AND HEART SO I LEARNED TO CHOOSE MY WORDS CAREFULLY.I KNOW THAT ENTHUSIASM IS THE KEY TO EVERTHING AND YET I KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO COMPLETELY LACK ENTHUSIASM.I HAVE LEARNED THAT WINNING ISNT EVERTHING BUT SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE THE MOST IMPORTANT.I HAVE LEARNED THAT OTHER COLOR RIBBONS ONLY MAKE THE BLUE SO MUCH SWEETER.I HAVE LEARNED THAT MY GREATEST COMPETITION IS MYSELF I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THE BEST ISNT GOOD ENOUGH FOR OTHERS AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE CAN BE CRUEL.I KNOW THAT I GET FUSTRATED WITH MYSELF ESPECIALLY WHEN OTHERS ARE FUSTRATED WITH ME.I KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO HAVE SOMETHING MEAN SO MUCH TO ME.I HAVE EXPERIENCE HEART BREAK,OUTRAGE AND FURY,BUT HAVE STILL MADE IT THROUGH THE STORM A SURVIVOR.I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO LOVE,I KNOW HOW TO SPREAD JOY AND EXTRACT IT FROM EVEN THE DARKEST SITUATIONS.I KNOW WHAT HOPE IS AND I RELY ON IT AS MY LAST REFUGE.I KNOW THAT SUCCESS IS SELF MADE AND THAT LUCK IS A RELATIVE TERM.I KNOW THAT I AM STRONG.I KNOW THAT MIRACLES DO EXIST,ANGELS DO FIND US IN OUR HOUR OF NEED AND THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING BEHIND ME PUSHING ME FORWARD.I BELIEVE IN MYSELF AT ALL TIMES EVEN WHEN I THINK THAT I DONT AND EVEN WHEN I FEEL LIKE NO ONE ELSE DOES.I KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BE LOST.I KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BE PICKED OUT OF A CROWED.WHAT IS LIKE TO BE THE WINNER AND HOW IT FEELS FOR ONE MOMENT YOU ARE THE STAR OF THE SHOW.ABOVE ALL,ALTHOUGH ALL OF THIS HAS MADE ME I KNOW THAT BEING A WINNER IS NOT ABOUT WINNING WHAT EVER GAME FACES ME IN THE MOMENT.I RECONGNIZE I AM WINNING BY PUSHING MYSELF EVERYDAY AND BY WAKING UP EACH MORNING FEELING BLESSED BY THE DAY THAT LIES AHEAD OF ME.THROUGH THIS I AM WINNING IN THE MOST IMPORTANT GAME EVER THE GAME I ENTERED AT BIRTH,THE GAME OF LIFE.MY MOM COULDNT COVER EVERY POSSIBLE ADOLESCENT TERROR THAT STRUCK ME AND SHE CANT POSSIBLY ANTISIPATE ALL THE LIFE THAT WILL COME MY WAY.WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT I DID SURVIVE BUT NOT WITHOUT SCARS IN THE MOST IMPORTANT PLACE...MY HEART BUT I WEAR THEM LIKE A BADGE OF COURAGE BECAUSE I SURVIVED THE STORM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! layout powered by HOT FreeLayouts.com / MyHotComments IM BLESSEDfound this tennaya layout at HOT FreeLayouts.com :: MyHotComments
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