As I look back on my past struggles, one particular triumph stands above the rest. It wasn't my biggest achievement but the one with the most meaning. It was a fifteen mile run to see if I could stand up to life's adversity, or if I would give in to the pain I had encountered. Mentality kept me in this struggle. I knew I couldn't give in to the stress I had encountered over the previous thirteen days at camp, I had gone so far to get here and couldn't journey back to enhance the past. My journey had just begun, in life and on this run; I was just ten miles from finishing this race but still thousands of miles from the finishing line in life.

We all have our thoughts and dreams, while only an insignificant minority will put in what it takes to make these...