Collect, collaborate
and share thoughts
from your experiences
knowing that at any
given moment you
have the power to say
that this is not how
the story is going
to end.

Life will expand
or shrink in
proportion to
your courage and
it is not the
mountain that
we conquer but
ourselves.

Realize life while
you live it and
every minute savor
what you have
whether it is
being rich or poor
or being alone
and just be glad
to be alive and
to be here now.

It is not what
you look at
that matters,
it is what you
see and patience
is a companion
of wisdom.

We first make
habits then our
habits make us
so seek first to
understand then
to be understood.      
                                Jon York      2015