Just as long as you stand, stand by me...

When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we'll see
No I won't be afraid...

- Ben King, Stand By Me (1961)

Focus on the positive

Life can seem a tangle, in and out of focus.
Don't concentrate on the tangle.
Concentrate on the places
where one line in the tangle
crosses another line in the tangle.

~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes

real strength

I've come to know, 

the better I feel about myself, 

the less I feel the need to show off.

~Indigo Girl

Fluent

I would love to live

Like a river flows

Carried by the surprise

Of its own unfolding.

—John O’Donohue