Hardship will leave you only once it is done teaching you.

Adversity is often feared and avoided,

I say – bury me in more!

This seed must keep growing.

Don’t hand me the easy route,

I don’t want to see a day through without progression.

Keep testing me,

Keep pushing me further,

Keep destabilising me.

This cycle of accomplishment is my sustenance.

Giving up is like halting my breath;

I die the day I stop wanting to learn.

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