Happy Fortitude - Ep. 385

Happy Fortitude is the faith you have in your own inner strength, 
It’s the grit you got--to tell yourself to get up, and try once more,
It’s your resilience, knowing that you will go to any length
To keep from quitting, dropping the ball, or running out the back door.

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Ep. 385 - Happy Fortitude

We begin as always 
with the Happy Creed.

We believe in Happy, 
in Balance and Growth, 
of being Mindful and Grateful,
Compassionate and Understanding.

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My Happy Friends!

Happy Fortitude is the faith you have in your own inner strength, 
It’s the grit you got--to tell yourself to get up, and try once more,
It’s your resilience, knowing that you will go to any length
To keep from quitting, dropping the ball, or running out the back door.

I’ve known people who would give up when things got the least bit hard, 
People with no resolve, who couldn’t see anything through to the end, 
Who could never be counted on to stand up or stay true in any regard,
Such people with zero backbone aren’t those anyone would want to call a friend.

Friends are those who’ll stay with you even when times ain’t easy,
Those you can depend on even when you’re not at your best,
People who can stomach hardship without getting too queasy,
Keeping it together through such trials is indeed the true test.

But, hey, I get it, if you take the coward’s way out, the shortcut, the cheat,
Well, then you ensure you’ll live to fight another day--well, to cower anyway.
‘Cause that’s the thing, ain’t it? You’re just proving to yourself that you can be beat,
Every time you recoil, flinch, shiver or shake, you turn yourself into Fortune’s prey.

But what if instead you took every opportunity to prove to yourself you can stick it out,
That you can last a little longer, try a little harder, keep pushing, keep going, stay strong?
It doesn’t even have to be anything big, every example builds you up and helps defeat doubt,
Until before you know it, you aren’t the craven, trembling, quail you’ve been for far too long.

Because Happy Fortitude means you don’t crumble when life get tough,
You're secure regardless of the difficulty or trouble,
Because you know that you can dig deep and trust that you have power enough
To endure any storm, and watch your confidence double.

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