Courage

This is what it takes

                    to free your life from regrets

                    to reach for THE dream

                    to speak your mind

                    to live life to the fullest

                    to stand by your principles

                    to rise above a situation
                    to accept defeat
                    to start anew

                    to say goodbye

                    to say hello

                    to admit mistakes

                    to say sorry

                    to forgive

                    to ask

                    to love

                    to say "I love you"

                    to accept the love offered

                    to say "I love you, too"

Courage 

            is 

              what 

                     it 

                        takes 

                                to 

                                    be 

                                        truly 

                                               happy.

Let us be reminded of the words of E.E. Cummings:

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

I admit that I have not yet mastered the virtue of courage at its fullest. I know that at this moment I still have doubts as if I can be who I want myself to be in the future. I have been striving hard to conquer my fears and do the things that makes me truly happy. 

One by one.

One step at a time.

No regrets.

I truly hope that in the end I will become who I want to be, living in a place I want to be in, enjoying the things I want to do, and be with the people I want to be with for the rest of my earthly life.

Ganbatte!