A Fighter He Is

'Cause it makes me that much stronger

Makes me work a little bit harder 

It makes me that much wiser 

So thanks for making me a fighter 

Made me learn a little bit faster 

Made my skin a little bit thicker 

Makes me that much smarter 

So thanks for making me a fighter

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I don't know why reading on Nelson Mandela reminds me of this song. FIGHTER. Well, after all that he's been through, I think he deserves to be called one. Serving more than two decades behind bars, and after he was released, citizens still believe in him and made him the President.

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

- Nelson Mandela