I have hailed from several lands yet belong to the one I can't remember having seen...

Hey y'all! Nice to meet you. I’m a person who loves God and enjoys a variety of things. I love learning new facts, reading, coding, chess and lots more. I don't play chess as much as I used so please bear with me if I don't play as well as before and take my two-player ratings with a pinch of salt since I've used other platforms more for that. Feel free to shoot me a challenge on chess.com, although if I decline it, I probably have a good reason why. Hope to see you around.

My heart be brave and do not falter so,
Nor utter more that deep, despairing wail.
Thy way is very dark and drear I know,
But do not let thy strength and courage fail;
For certain as the raven-winged night
Is followed by the bright and blushing morn,
Thy coming morrow will be clear and bright;
’Tis darkest when the night is furthest worn.
Look up, and out, beyond, surrounding clouds,
And do not in thine own gross darkness grope,
Rise up, and casting off thy hind’ring shrouds,
Cling thou to this, and ever inspiring hope:
Though thick the battle and though fierce the fight,
There is a power in making for the right.

— Sonnet by James Weldon Johnson

A few quotes from people I know:

Sometimes I wish I could just rewind back to the old days and press pause.... just for a little while. - @RedCuteBallet

Sometimes you think you are good at something, but thinking you can always improve is better and going step-by-step. - @stupnik_2_0

Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. - @CouldntFindAGoodUsername

Every day is another fresh start to chess. - @OfficialNR

I’m a beginner, but don’t take me easily. - @xxjorxx

If you look back too much, you can't see where you're going. - @I_The_Noobiest_Pro

PERFECT IMPERFECTIONS~! - @OfficialNR

Never give up. Your friends will help you to get your confidence back up. - @Shadower555

I am your friend, ready to fight. - @RedDevil_007

Don't go through life, grow through life. - @MegaChief

Andddd a few more...

Good friends will make you feel bad only once, when they die.

If you can dream it, you can do it. - Walt Disney

Be yourself because everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde

There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after. - Thorin, The Hobbit

Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. - Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring

Excellence is not a gift but a skill that takes practice. We do not act 'rightly' because we are excellent, in fact we achieve 'excellence' by acting rightly. - Plato

As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is but how good it is, it's what matters. - Seneca

I hope you have a good day and thanks for visiting my profile

PS. DM me the word "orange" 😈

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