One is a powerful number

        So often we forget the power of one. One has the strength to stand for many even when many may stand for none. One Voice can bring broken people to their feet or bring whole institutions to their knees. Don't forget the ability to stand for truth when it seems only lies prevail.  When it seems that life as it stands hold you close to pain or hurt you can be stronger than it. You can stand for more than that, to stand for those who find only themselves in the dark. Reach out and take hold of those less virtuose. Be of better mind and body than those who would only take away. We do it because we have to. Because we were born to it and we know only that way. We stand for honesty and justice, for hard times and sorrow, we stand and move forward if only to find the paths that lead out of the darkness.

        Our rights and ownership of our beliefs belong to no one but ourselves. When we forget the free mind we only lock ourselves into cages. You can leave your prisons at any time if you so believe. Don't let thieves and liars coerce your directions. When they cut out a man's tongue, they are not proving him a liar, they are only telling the world they are afraid of what he may say. Beware those who strive to censor your views as those who have only their own interests at heart. Be more than words, more than letters on a page. Be an example of possibilities and hopeful futures.

When doubt crowds your ability to move forward

The compass of hope will always spin freely when caught between the pull of your indecision and desires.  It is not until you steady your heart and your hands that the compass can settle its needle in the direction to go. Do not rely solely on the compass to guide your path however for it can only guide you in what direction to travel not in which path to take in your journey.