Isolation

Strength comes in propelling onself forward, no matter what. Through the fire, through the ashes, through the tears. It's only when we stop to consider who we've left behind, is when we realize that we never needed them in the first place. They hold us back, and we are stronger than them. Stopping to smell the roses is a fruitless task, climb up the tree and take the fruit for yourself. Do not stop persisting, because persist we must.