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“Bran thought about it. ‘Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?’
‘That is the only time a man can be brave,’ his father told him.” -George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones
Rain’s coming.
There’s thunder on the wind.
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“There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.’
No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster.” -Dalai Lama XIV
The storms come.
Pain and nourishment in the same drop.
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“Do not be afraid; our fate
Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.” -Dante, Inferno
The sky clears and it’s hard to know if the hot light
is a blessing or a curse.
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![“What do you fear, lady?" [Aragorn] asked. "A cage," [Éowyn] said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.” -J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King](http://www.rodalena.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/20130605_083911-768x1024.jpg "Uncaged, copyright rodalena 2013")
“What do you fear, lady?” [Aragorn] asked.
“A cage,” [Éowyn] said. “To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.” -J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
And then, the sky turns gray,
And, again, you feel cold and all alone.
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“Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” -C. S. Lewis
Another storm rolls in, worse than the last,
and nearly destroys you.
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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.” -James Baldwin
The vicious sun shines on your wounds, healing you,
as your brokenness lays exposed, showing your terrible beautiful humanity.
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“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” -Marie Curie
Renewed, you try again,
a bit braver this time, fueled with stupid hope.
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“Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.” -Steve Mariboli
More rain pounds, but you’re stronger now.
You’re growing. You’re learning the lessons of the rain.
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Don’t you fret, M’sieur Marius
I don’t feel any pain
A little fall of rain
Can hardly hurt me now
You’re here, that’s all I need to know
And you will keep me safe
And you will keep me close
And rain will make the flowers grow.” -Eponine, “A Little Fall of Rain”, Les Miserables