#overcoming despair

[rebuildingyourlife]

He can plant new seeds in the seeming wasteland of his mind.

Hugh Silver’s 8 Good Reasons to Keep Living

[tumblngphilopoet]

It was on this day in 1940 that Winston Churchill took power as the prime minister of Great Britain, a position he would hold for the rest of World War II. He came to power at a very dark moment for Europe. In less than two years, almost all of Western Europe's mainland was either controlled by or allied with Nazi Germany. And then, on this day in 1940, Churchill became the prime minister. In his acceptance speech, he famously said, "All I have to offer is blood, toil, tears, and sweat

http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2014/05/10

[aspiresuccess]

"Action is the antidote to despair."

Joan Baez