The Forged Spirit

Defeat is not your enemy. It is the forge where your true power is

born. Every samurai knows that the blade is worthless until it has been

shattered and reborn in fire. You are that blade.

When life strikes you down, when failure cuts deep into your spirit,

you are not breaking. You are being tempered. The stoics understood

this ancient truth. Adversity is not happening to you, it is happening for you.

Each struggle carves away the weakness, revealing the warrior beneath. The phoenix does

not fear the flames because it knows what lies beyond the ashes.