After a while you will learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul....And you will learn that love doesn't mean clinging to or trying to control...that company doesn't mean security...

You will begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts...and presents aren't promises. You will begin to accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes ahead with the grace of an adult, and not the grief of a child.

You will learn to build all your roads on today because the past is past and tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans...and the future has a way of falling down in mid-flight.

After a while you will learn that even sunshine burns if you ask for too much. So you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul...

And after a while you learn that you really can endure and that you really are strong...And you learn that you really do have worth...And you learn...And you learn...And you learn...

And you learn that with every step you take, you will learn.