Neither energy nor matter can be destroyed; only changed.
Spirit, too.
You may feel beaten, pushed, defeated. But that is the winding of a great spring. Each moment you feel this way is water being pumped into a great tower, ready to flood down again. It may be transferred – for some, the great spring winds but their time on this Earth ends before it can spring forth anew. But that story will ignite a spark in some witness – perhaps immediately, perhaps a hundred years hence – and the energy will rush forth in that new vessel.
The human spirit cannot be destroyed. Only changed.
The Opportunity Machine 