Kraken Kronicles

Brains:

Battle:
"There is something that can happen to every athlete and every human being;
the instinct to slack off, to give in to pain, to give less than your best;
the instinct to hope you can win through luck or through your opponent not
doing his best, instead of going to the limit and past your limit where
victory is always found. Defeating those negative instincts that are out
to defeat us, is the difference between winning and losing — and we all
face that battle every day."
-- Jessie Owens, winner of four gold medals at 1936 Berlin Olympics

Beauty:
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 Kübler-Ross

Being:


Buoyancy:
Most of us have experienced the buoyancy and satisfaction that positive
emotional states can create in our lives. At such moments of buoyancy, our
effectiveness at big tasks and small improves almost effortlessly. Positive
emotional states produce that effect because of the coherence they create
within the human system.
-- The HeartMath Solution, by Doc Childre and Howard Martin