I challenge you to seek faultlessness,
impeccable purity, maturity, and wholeness.
I dare you to balance reason and divine assurance.
I oblige you to maintain sanity, stability, and normality.
I require your active presence, prolonged compassion, and merciful humanity.
I demand intention, ambition, and aspiration.
I object to incidental mishap, stray opportunities, and inflicted misery.
I refuse to suffer setbacks, tragedy, annoyance, and adversity.
I decline to live in solitude, slavery, and captivity.
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Amber Sagapolu is a writer from the Colorado Springs area.
