I may seek out. And if all I know and do does not meet or match
some unforeseen challenge or experience I will keep careful notes
and take them to my private conference table and try to figure them
out and learn and grow. Mixed in my curiosity is a thanks that Iām
alive and able to see and feel and learn and handle and enjoy being
human and being alive. And having been given a chance to turn
challenge into experience. How great to have a mind to expand and
a soul to nourish, to have hands that can feel, a heart that can
experience, a mind that can inquire and learn, a soul that can soar,
a body that can respond, to know love, sadness, hope,
disappointment, accomplishment, failure, thrills, terror,
appreciation, bafflement, wonder, awe, frustration, misery,
confidence, courage, contentment, impatience, expectation,
apprehension, fulfillment, music, sound, pictures, art, beauty, and
harmony. To have all this happen to one is one thing, to know it is
all happening is much more.ā
I wish for you that you might develop a growing awareness of
the world around you and your possibilities in it. Develop a sense
of history and destiny. And be grateful for the opportunity that you
have to participate in that grand endeavor.
To sum it all up: First, understand what worry is. You now
know that it can be beneficial and destructive, depending on your
awareness. Next, resolve to be free of the habit. That job is up to
you. To work on yourself, to get the right attitude. Next, start the
daily action of first cleaning up all your current situations.
Remember small achievements lead to confidence that conquers
guilt. Then buy up every challenge to reach your goals. You can
now handle it, the winter, the spring, and the harvest. Bring a new
zeal to every problem, to every fear, to every opportunity. The
inspiration from it all and the immediate and future progress will
someday give you a view from the top of your goals, your
adventures, and your achievements.
In conclusion, let me give you one piece of poetry that sums
up what a life of adventure should be like and how you should feel.
You are now a seasoned warrior. You bare the scars of honorable
battle. And here is where you stand today. The familiar words of
William Henley:
Out of the night that covers me,