Resolve

Banish uncertainty.

Affirm strength.

Hold resolve.

Expect death.

Make your stand today. On this spot. On this day. Make your actions count; do not  falter in your determination to fulfill your destiny. Don’t follow the destiny outlined  in some mystical book:

Create your own.

Your resolve to tread the path of life is your best asset. Without it, you die.  Death is unavoidable, but let it not be from loss of will but because your time is  over. As long as you can keep going, use your imagination to cope with the travails  of life. Overcome your obstacles and realize what you envision.

You will know unexpected happiness. You will know the sorrow of seeing what  is dearest to you cut down before your eyes. Accept that. That is the nature of  human existence, and you have no time to buffer this fact with fairy tales and illogical explanations.

Each day, your life grows shorter by twenty-four hours. The time to make  achievements becomes more precious. You must fulfill everything you want in life  and then release your will upon the moment of death. Your life is a creation that  dies when you die. Release it, give up your individuality, and in so doing, finally  merge completely with Tao.

Until that moment, create the poetry of your life with toughness and determination.