Inspiration Point

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There will always be times when you feel discouraged. 
I too have felt despair many times in my life, 
but I do not keep a chair for it;
I will not entertain it. It is not allowed to eat from my plate.
The reason is this: In my uttermost bones I know something,
as you do. It is that there can be no despair when you remember
why you came to Earth, who you serve, and who sent you here.
The good words we say and the good deeds we do are not ours:
they are the words and deeds of the One who brought us here. 
In that spirit, I hope you will write this on your wall:
When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, 
there can be no doubt. But that is not what great ships are built for. 
This comes with much love and prayer that you remember 
who you came from, and why you came to this beautiful, needful earth.

—Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D

http://positivityworks.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/words-to-think-on-dealing-with-despair/