Have you ever been down?

Down so low that you cannot possibly go any lower?

Your whole world crumbles to its feet and shakes you to your foundation...

You are weak, tired, lost, all hope is gone and everything you have ever had is gone....

You stare into the darkness of the abyss and nothing stares back at you....

This is where man finds his character.

There is something unspoken and deep about character. When a man stares into the abyss of the unknown at his darkest hour he discovers what he is made of. When a man fights and says "NO it will not be this way - it CAN, and WILL be better", that's his character. That deepest pit of despair ignites and burns. He burns with faith and hope. It rages inside him, he feels it in the deepest parts of his being.

He does not let his circumstances define who he is as a man, he defines and makes his own future, his own luck. He fights for his dream and will let no one, or nothing come in the way of it. It is only his own doing at the end of the day.

When it is tough, when it is hard he does not complain. He stands up and moves forward. He believes in a better way, he believes he can make a difference. He believes in others and inspires others to believe in themselves....

You might bump into someone like this one day. It may not be obvious. He will probably be like anyone else.

But when the skys turn grey his character will be shown and you will know what makes him special.

We all have the potential to be great. You don't have to be the meanest, you don't have to be the hardest to be the greatest. But you have to be inspired and passionate.

Never loose hope and never give up and you will get there.