dignity

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.
-- Michael J. Fox

This is so very true. No one can take away our dignity as long as we don’t let them take it away. And dignity is never to be given away. No one but God can demand our dignity to be surrendered before her. That is why she never demands it from us.

We often hurt ourselves by thinking that that “this” man has ruined our dignity, well; he can ruin our reputation but not dignity. Dignity is just where it was before. Scandalizing has not hurt it an ounce.

Those people who have the courage of walking their own path may meet these attacks again and again. They should always keep the words said in this quote in mind. No one can take away any thing from us unless we surrender it to him.

Castles in air

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
-- Henry David Thoreau

Being a die hard dreamer, I humbly bow and agree with him. We all should dream, and then pick out those dreams which are worthy of being made real and then go ahead and build the foundation under those castles. That’s how dreams are turned into reality. Every achievement was sleeping in someone’s mind once, as a dream, as a hope. Then one day he just gave it its form.

Dreams are the greatest joy of life but we will have to keep this truth in mind. If we want a castle, it hardly matters where we start it, in water, in air or on earth. The thing that matters is how deep its foundation will go. How much concrete we will put under its base so that it gets a concrete form.