The more important the emotion is, the fewer words required to express it: Will you go out with me? I think I like you. I care for you. I love you. M… - J. Michael Straczynski

It doesn't matter if you're seventeen or fifty-seven, if you come from a poor background or a rich one, if you went to the best schools or the worst. It. Doesn't. Matter.
What matters is listening to the small voice at the back of your head that says *This is what gives me joy.*
It's about fighting naysayers and self-doubt when you feel you can't fight for even one more second. It's about standing up when all you want to do is lie down until life stops hitting you. It's not easy. It was never *meant* to be easy. But it can be done if we *choose* to do it.

A good story should provoke discussion, debate, argument...and the occasional bar fight.

We stayed because we believe in something better and more important than ourselves. That’s why we’re here.