Curl up in a ball?

Hide under a rock?

Stay in bed?

Cry all day?

Be sad all the time?

Waste this day?

Waste tomorrow?

No, I refuse.

I will grow.

I will strengthen.

I will fight.

I will love.

I will learn.

I will teach.

I will be me.

I will be the man HE wants me to be.

I will walk to the gates with my head held high…

with a joyful heart…

and with a smile on my face.

Not because I knew no pain, but because I did.

Gabe