Dear Andy:

I read through your thread of a few days ago. You asked here for words of encouragement. There is this song called The Impossible Dream. The words are very encouraging to me. Here are a few of the lines:

“To dream the impossible dream…
To bear with unbearable sorrow

…To love pure and chaste from afar
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star

This is my quest, to follow that star,
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far

To fight for the right without question or cause
To be willing to march into hell for a heavenly cause

And I know if I’ll only be true to this glorious quest
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm when I’m laid to my rest

And the world will be better for this
That one man scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To fight the unbeatable foe, to reach the unreachable star”

In the song, what made me feel stronger at times was the ideas of bearing unbearable sorrow (the ability to endure intense emotional pain), to not give up (to try when your arms are too weary/ tired), to fight, to have a quest, no matter how hopeless you feel, to keep striving no matter how hurt. scorned and covered with scars.

Just like you!

Does it help?

anita