Misguided inner boasting or oflatingr will break a man, yet true inward might or megin lets him cleave the impossible. The Norns will not spin your thread with favor if you give them little to work with, your heart must blaze so fiercely that the darkness cannot ignore it. Those about you do not withhold trust out of some kind of malice... you must understand that you have not yet proven your worth. The folk judge a person by their deeds, for a man is what he does, not what he says or even what he thinks. Neither is your own mind or hugr a fool. It will know you as a liar if you have broken every oath you swore upon your own honor. This you must tend to first by honoring all of your oaths. Especially those made to yourself. Then guard yourself against the self sabotage of hollow belief. Trust in your wit and might without bound yet never lie to yourself about facts. Be ruthless and keep your strategy flexible as you move inexorably toward the things you want. When you take up a work, see it to its end; do not scatter ten half formed plans, tasks, or training but finish none. Know well that no man wins the favor of the gods or the prizes of this life if he is unwilling to keep moving his feet. To climb the mountain while others watch in awe is the epitome of the Heathen hero's journey. It is the embodiment of the Anglo-Saxon Mod ...courage, spirit, ferocity, and resolve... While others wait for permission or an easy path, you embrace the jagged stones, trusting in yourself... you keep your bloodied hands moving ever toward the sky... proving that with heroism and unbroken oaths, a mortal can look the gods in the eyes. There is no greater prize in this life or what comes after.