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Today's reading was edited and adapted from The Crown of Individuality by William George Jordan, published in 1909.

The supreme courage of life is the courage of the soul.

It is living, day by day, sincerely, steadfastly, serenely, despite all opinions, all obstacles,

all opposition.

It means the wine of inspiration that comes from the crushed grapes of our sorrows.

This courage makes the simplest life great.

It makes the greatest life sublime.

It means the royal dignity of fine individual living.

Every man and woman reigns a king or queen over the kingdom of self.

They wear the crown of individuality that no hands but their own can ever remove.

You should not only reign, but rule.

Your individuality is your true self, your best self, your highest self, your self victorious.

Your thoughts, your words, your acts, your feelings, your aims and powers are your subjects.

With gentle, firm strength, you must command them,

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