We Are the Survivors

Life has bestowed the title of warrior or survivor upon many of us.  In truth, there’s little difference between a warrior and a survivor.
Warriors have been tried by economic hardships, broken relationships, discrimination, and health issues—the same as survivors have.   Though our courage is often tried, the warriors survive.   Our survival is an empowerment both to ourselves and to the others who will also soon bear the title of warrior or survivor.   Warriors carry on with the hope that the future will be better because of our efforts, that we’ll gain more strength as time goes on, and that we  can somehow help those who struggle for their own individual survival.  We  carry on as we acknowledge the strength in our growing numbers; and we carry on because our own survival, and also for theirs.   We honor those who were less fortunate than we.  We honor those who lost battle.