Sometimes

People don’t always set out to become brave-sometimes people set out to be better, to get by, to survive with their souls intact. Sometimes people see things in themselves they don’t like and they set out to change that very thing- only that very thing becomes an onion, and under each layer lies more work.  Sometimes people put their heads down and work and work and work, and then as the layers dissolve, they become a little easier to face, each one less and less intimidating- and sometimes people suddenly realize they have revealed something glorious, something wonderful and something brave in the core of their being.