Choice

I have been blessed with the ability to see how everything in my life, good or bad, is a stepping stone to something better.  The challenge comes in admitting that very fact when you're in the midst of a personal crisis.  The challenge comes in facing fears and past demons that threaten to leap out at you whenever you contemplate a new beginning.  The challenge comes in finding the courage to be a better you.  When those closest to you are connected with those fears and demons  it can, at times, feel impossible.  But courage is like God; always there, walking beside you waiting for you to say "I'm ready."  No matter what's been done, how much milk has been spilled, or how many mirrors have been broken we have choice.  We can choose to live in pain or we can choose to make an adventure out of our search for happiness.  We can choose to feel regret or we can choose to forgive ourselves.  Worry or trust, hate or love, judge or reach for our own improvements, live in fear or live free.  I was reminded of this in an email I received.  It said, " Everyone has the ability and can choose to wake up with a smile on their face...most do not."  What would happen if we all went to bed tonight knowing that we were going to wake up tomorrow with a smile?  And then we did.
                                     
Courage lives in actions.
                                      
                Quietjewel