I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand.

Today I begin a new life. Today I shed my old skin which hath, too long, suffered the bruises of failure and the wounds of mediocrity. Today I am born anew and my birthplace is a vineyard where there is fruit for all.

Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.

I will walk where failures fear to walk.

With no goals, no priorities, no life strategy of our own, we drift with the herd through an endless meadow of mediocrity, unable to break loose, to achieve even a small part of the dreams we once cherished.

So long as there is breath in me, that long will I persist.

Act now, for now is all you have.