September 3

Using our sufferings as fuel for our growth, all we need to do is to grow into a self larger than before, a self more beautiful than before. Because you have suffered so intensely, you can definitely become so. Hold your head high because you have done your very best in life and you are already a winner. Give yourself a pat on the back.

Daisaku Ikeda

Japanese Text:
"悲しみを糧にして、もっと大きな自分になればいい。もっと素敵な自分になればいい。苦しんだあなただからこそ、そうなれる。顔をあげればいい、自分は一生懸命生きたのだから、最高の勝利者なのである。自分で自分を励ますことだ。"
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 266)