The Poppy Fields

by Nikki Erlick

“My friends asked me how I could possibly let myself sleep for such a long time—could I really allow the world to just move on without me? They had no idea that the world was already moving on without me. And that’s precisely why I wanted to sleep.”

“I think that if you’re capable of greatness,” Ellis said, “you have to use it to better the world. Leave the planet or the people around you stronger, or happier, or healthier.

When you believe in yourself so strongly, it isn’t hard to make others believe in you, too.