Never Stop Fighting

“To be nobody but yourself 

in a world that’s doing its best 

to make you somebody else, 

is to fight the hardest battle 

you are ever going to fight. 

Never stop fighting.” 

– e. e. cummings

I find that when I stop fighting

to find my own self, my own way, 

is when things start to turn - and not

in a good way.  When I let my guard

down, when I stop fighting off the 

negative, it's very easy to wallow.

It's like stepping into a lake with a

very muddy bottom.  If you just stand

still, you feel yourself start to sink,

become mired down.  

Sometimes life is like that, too.  

Never stop fighting.