Experiences

Each experience brings something new to the table. Something that we were not previously aware of in ourselves. Whether or not we use these experiences to benefit and learn from is up to us.  I want to believe that I am the type of person who does that. And no matter what the negative outcome, I will have he fortitude to somehow find what golden nugget and use even the most depressing event to somehow impact myself in a positive way.

I guess I somehow lost sight of this and don't want to do that again.  Remember where you have been and where you are going. Happiness comes from within and not the actions of those around you. Something else I somehow forgot along the way.  As I sit here and listen to the rain fall down from this tropical storm, I decided that only I can choose my course, my destiny. No one else. And if what I choose to do today isn't what someone else thinks I should do, well, that isn't my issue, that's theirs.

Remember this.