Look at it this way, Lorot Son of the Hills

Then I heard a voice:

“Lorot Son of the Hills, you should not despair, you should not lose hope. For in despairing and losing hope, you cease being a man, a citizen of the earth. Look around you, just look around you. In the morning, even before the sun rises in the East, we hear the birds singing to welcome a new day. The wildlife in the bushes, the fishes in the waters, the beasts on land and those hidden under the earth all symbolize the message of hope, of living.

“Look at it this way, Lorot Son of the Hills. Why are you alive up to now? Why are you breathing? For if this life was all about hopelessness, of despair, of sorry stories then you are not fit to live. And if it be true that the sorrows that come into our lives are supposed to strop us, bootstrap us, incense us to achieve more, then you should not be afraid of them.

“The reason why you have not died up to now is a clear manifestation of beautiful things ahead. The reason why you have clung on all this while is an evidence of what is to unfold in the future. The reason why you wake up every morning with a spring in your feet, a smile on your face and vivacity in all that you do reveals the higher reason of why you are here. For you are here for a reason. 

“Lorot Son of the Hills, you are a citizen of the earth. You are a son of the hills. You have the spirit of a tiger, the determination of a mule, the fighting agility of German Shepherd, the humility of a dove, the soft touch of a Japanese Spitz. In all these compounded elements, Lorot Son of the Hills, you have all that it takes as a true son of the hill. 

“Therefore, you should not despair, Son of the Hills, you should not despair. For this world is full of heroic tales; of people who overcame insurmountable difficulties and came out strong, of men and women who went through hell and fire and lived to tell a story, of sons and daughters of the hills who toil each day and can afford a smile on their faces. Now Lorot Son of the Hills, if these people, these men and women, these sons and daughters overcame all this, why shouldn’t you?

“Why shouldn’t you, Lorot Son of the Hills? Don’t you know that calamities are they not to befall trees but humans? Don’t you know that there is no difficulty, no burden, no yoke that will break us, and only are they there to make us? Don’t you know that man has the ability to rise up as many times as he falls and that ultimately rising up again and again and again will ultimately define him?

“So, Lorot Son of the Hills, why should you despair? Why should you lose hope? If it be true that you are a citizen of the earth, a son of the hill, why should you give up? Bite your lips, Son of the Hills, tie up your shoe-laces, roll up your sleeves, carry you head high, maintain your cheer, look up to God.

“If you feel down, forlon, lost, dejected, just remember this: They should make you strong, not break you. You are here for a reason. You are here for a reason. Be that reason, Lorot Son of the Hills.”