You`re only as weak as you let yourself become, and you`re only as strong as you allow yourself to be.

Never limit yourself to what you can’t do, but to what you have the power to do with what you have.

The drone in my ear, it’s like the tornado drill in elementary school, the hand-cranked siren that rang mercilessly, all of us hunched over on ourselves, facing the basement walls, heads tucked into our chests....