from these ashes I will rise

before the phoenix can rise, it will first burn itself up, get reduced to ashes and from these ashes rise again. reborn. new. fresh. original. but before that: burning then reduction and finally disintegration. a process it needs to undergo in order for it to rise again.

a process. it has to happen, it has to be lived.

a phoenix's new life is destined be as long as its old lifetime. the point though is it gets born again. is that why it keeps happening? for it to have a chance at life again? maybe.

one thing is clear though, chances and opportunities are always there, a way to make things new is always available.