Resilience

Being told repeatedly that you can't do something

and then when you do it

the naysayer looks on silently

maybe in awe

or maybe in admiration,

but what if the 'naysayer' is life?

who is secretly a friend

wanting you to win

wanting you to grow

and knowing the only way for that to happen

is to challenge you?

To break you down

so that you build yourself up?