Ramesh Shrestha

Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always

The only limits for tomorrow are the doubts we have today.

Although I'm only fourteen, I know quite well what I want, I know who is right and who is wrong. I have my opinions, my own ideas and principles, and although it may sound pretty mad from an adolescent, I feel more of a person than a child, I feel quite indepedent of anyone.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain!

You need to find a way to live your life, that it doesn't make a mockery of your values.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

When I was growing up I always wanted to be someone. Now I realize I should have been more specific.

We've all started to put down the virtues of the other factions in the process of bolstering our own. I don't want to do that. I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest." He clears his throat. "I continually struggle with kindness.

Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.

He is free to evade reality, he is free to unfocus his mind and stumble blindly down any road he pleases, but not free to avoid the abyss he refuses to see.

As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.