DetermineD Magazine Sept-Nov 2013 | Page 25

“You see, one of the hardest things to do in life when we are faced with what seems like nothing more than constant hurt and pain is to convince ourselves that we are worth loving and being loved. At the end of the day, we have to remember that nothing matters more than how and what we feel for our own selves. So we have to be able to find that inner peace and love and channel it in such a way that it can protect us, sometimes even from ourselves. But there is another thing too. We have to remember that throughout life we all will have decisions to make, and one of those decisions will be to live or to die. Now we know that death is a given, it will happen, so all we need to do now is realize and understand that life is a possibility, and in that possibility great things can and will happen if we would just give it a chance to do so. So instead of calling it quits, as I was so easily ready to do, we should just ask for one more round of breath please.” -Donetha 25 | P a g e