Say today is the new beginning,
all old beginnings past,
today is the new beginning.
Time and a link will get us somewhere,
but what do we do with that link?

All knowledge is in the training,
all sport in the exercise,
flexiblity is the student's best defense.

'Defense' necessary?
In the give and take of the sparring of life.
exercise your wits,
learn the agility of your muscles,
'land on your feet',
and a greater prize may be yours.

Only the student who fears to try
fails.
What of the 'path of destruction'?
That was not of a student,
they never sought to learn,
they thought they already knew.

A better place
and a better time
await the willing.

Wings for the weak
are not given.
They grow slowly
and the bearer gains strength slowly.
Do you think it cannot be you?
But you fear to try.

Test what fragile stumps
that lay there in the feathers.
Fall a thousand times in the flight?
Then comes the time of perfect soaring,
and you will know,
'This is me,
I was born to fly
and earthbound I shall not be again.'