“My dreams shone brighter amid the darkness of people's discouragement.”
by Innocent Mwatsikesimbe — from Questions Asked, chapter 9
In other words
Discouragement was meant to make the dream smaller. Instead, each attack showed more clearly why the dream mattered. Resistance rubbed against it like a cloth on a dull surface, bringing its shape and brightness into view.
Other people can wound confidence, block opportunities, and make continuing harder. What they cannot do by themselves is end the inner choice to keep a dream alive. Their power stops short of that final surrender.
Darkness can therefore reveal as well as hide. When everything around a dream says no, the part that remains becomes easier to see. The pressure does not deserve credit for creating the dream, but it may expose how deeply the dream has already taken root.
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