The Value of Life

Life is full of tests and trials and has ways of humbling you to your very core. However, amidst the grief and agony there is a choice: 
A.) It can break you and, in all honesty, is probably the easier route. Those who love you will know and understand that you fought a good fight.
B.) It can, and will, make you stronger in time. The catch to the second option is that there is no time limit. There is no date to which one can look forward. Only you will recognize that the chains that bind you have broken and set you free. 
I am grateful for the heartache, the humility, and even the darkness because I know they will eventually bring incomparable joy, tremendous tolerance, and a light that will fill my soul with the warmth of the sun. 

"I (have) to learn what I've got, what I'm not, and who I am ... I won't give up."- Jason Mraz