The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.
Max De Pree

Bend

As I started to picture the trees in the storm, the answer began to dawn on me. The trees in the storm don't try to stand up straight and tall and erect. They allow themselves to bend and be blown with the wind. They understand the power of letting go. Those trees and those branches that try too hard to stand up strong and straight are the ones that break. Now is not the time for you to be strong, Julia, or you too, will break.

-- Julia Butterfly Hill

Simple

"People are like stained-glass windows.They sparkle and shine when the sun is out,but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within." --- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Strength

Giving up doesn't always mean you are weak; sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go. ~Author Unknown