involving hard work and struggle
hardscrabble
think deeply or focus one's mind for a period of time, in silence
meditate
usually any repeated word or phrase, but it can also refer more specifically to a word repeated in meditation
manta
a mistake in action: wrong step
misstep
gently persuade someone to do something
coax
get involved in a short fight
scuffled
make smaller or less in amount, size or degress
reduce
a place of safety
haven
to remember
recalled
the period between childhood and adulthood
youth
a disturbance
unrest
acting or thinking without thinking
impulsive
remain in existence; last
endure
controlling one's behavior, emotions and thoughts
self-regulating
fought; fight roughly
tussled
