"I felt like I belonged to an ancient tradition of all young people given this same task of finding their own ways through to the futures they wanted for themselves."

Tradition, Youth, Journey, Future

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"I felt like I belonged to an ancient tradition of all young people given this same task of finding their own ways through to the futures they wanted for themselves."

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"Religious ceremonies are of paramount importance in Bali ( an island, don't forget, with seven unpredictable volcanoes on it-you would pray, too)."

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"My father used to say that stories are part of the most precious heritage of mankind."

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"Those that cannot produce ideas often speak with the old proverbs!"

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"Cultural values change with times, unless they are built on an absolute standard of values and virtues. This standard must be afterwards well-guarded and protected."

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"I was promising myself strength.I had to write it, say it, make the effort and fake it before I actually believed I could do it."

Strength

"My path, beyond doubt or denial. I just hadn't looked toward it. I wasn't lost. I'd always known the way. If I'd only allowed myself to look. I had never been lost, only scared."

Destiny

"All I could think as he was speaking was that, if he touched me at all, all the miles I'd walked, the pain I'd felt, the beauty I'd drunken like milk, like good wine making me happy, the four million steps I'd taken, would all add up to nothing. They'd be stolen. They'd vanish like the teeth children lose when they get hit. Only after the blood was washed away would I see that they were gone."

Boundaries

"When I felt strongly I would say it strongly."

Expression

"The bravest thing I ever did was leave there. The next bravest thing I did was come back, to make myself heard."

Courage

"I didn't know if I was brave or reckless."

Bravery

"I saw for the first time that I could stop giving people the power to make me feel disrespected. In my anger I began to see the absurdity of allowing this boy to shame me."

Empowerment

"I sensed he was the one who might be able to see me clearly, the way I most wished to be seen."

Connection

"The trees were friendly, they gave me rest and shadowed refuge. Slipping through them, I felt safe and competent. My whole body was occupied. I had little energy to think or worry."

Nature

"Death is not a pretty flower that had almost pricked me. It was not a small annoyance I could simply bypass and quickly disregard. It was really The End."

Death