Dignity.

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. -Eleanor Roosevelt

Hold your head high... and walk with Dignity. Be confident in yourself, your actions and stand tall with authority and dignity. It's easy to be a victim of a self fulfilling prophecy when individuals plant seeds of a failure in your head, it's hard to over come adversity, and fulfill your hopes, your dreams and desires. It's important to plant your goals... your hopes and dreams and nourish them... you can succeed... you will succeed, you will survive.

It's easy to kill the weeds; its difficult to remove the roots. Though you may be an annoyance to some... the relentless pursuit of success you strive to sustain rooted in your self esteem makes it impossible for you to fall. It is that which you must achieve... such that no weather, no elements and no human can touch your natural place... nothing can shake you...

A small seedling, sapling, is often denied light from its surroundings, strives to scrounge for nutrients from the dirt which roots ancients... but it grows... it overcomes... and becomes a new pillar in the forest. We are often suppressed, repressed by those above us... pushing us down with words, stereotypes and discouragement, but it is you who can lift yourself and dust yourself off... it is no one's life but yours... it is your well being, it is your legacy... so in the end... what are those influences but obstacles and distractions. In the world of animals it is survival, in our daily lives, it is success... it is up to ourselves as individuals to attain what we need, what we want.

No matter how much we get stepped on... no matter the discouragement... no matter the conditions, we must grow as individuals, we must fight for out place and strive to reach our place in the sun... only we can choose to give up... only we can choose to allow those factors to hold us down... even the smallest trees never give up... until they wilt... until they dry... they fight.

It is our responsibility... hold your head up high... fight to survive... if a battle is to be lost, it should be with dignity... with authority... and you should not be ashamed... you should not lie down... it is inevitable you will be stepped on... it's whether or not you push on... and stretch to bathe in the sun and the rain that nourishes... cleanses and revitalizes.

The struggle leads to success... the recognition, the reputation, the legacy... the satisfaction... that is success. Whether or not you're the biggest, the best, the strongest... that doesn't matter... it's what you did to get where you are.

Tell me your story... about your dignity... about your fight... and how you've overcome adversity.