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"Some day, in years to come, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is here, now, in these quiet weeks. Now it is being decided whether, in the day of your supreme sorrow or temptation, you shall miserably fail or gloriously conquer. Character cannot be made except by a steady, long continued process." --Phillips Brooks

Motivator: Wanting, needing & even craving things can severely limit ur enjoyment of them & their value in ur life. When u put all ur energy in2 lusting after something, u create a situation in which u can never have enough. Joy & fulfillment can cum only when u do have enough. Having enough depends not on the size of ur bank account or the number of people @ ur party. Having enough happens whenever u choose 2 let it happen. Thinking that u can never get enough is tragically self-fulfilling. Ambition can take u a long way, & yet if ambition is all u have it will eventually get in ur way. Aim high, 2 b, sure, & then accept it when u have arrived there.When u make the effort 2 go after something, also take the time & effort 2 enjoy it & 2 let it fill YOUR life.