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If you want to stand,
You have to be ready to fall.

If you want to create,
You have to be ready to destroy.

If you want to write,
You have to be ready to erase.

If you want to win,
You have to be ready to lose.

If you want to be happy,
You have to be ready to be sad.

If you want to possess,
You have to be ready to let go.

If you want to be praised,
You have to be ready to be criticized.

If you want to go up,
You have to be ready to go down.

If you want to laugh,
You have to be ready to cry.

If you want to get,
You have to be ready to give.

If you want to start,
You have to be ready to stop.

If you want to live,
You have to be ready to die.

Nothing lasts forever.

N-ko-ra returns
Nishan Shanaka Korala Gamage
Writes to
Spontaneous Combustion
From Srilanka