Choices.

"Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it." Anne of Green Gables

The good thing about tomorrow.....it's a clean slate......brand new......totally fresh. And the best.....I get to do whatever it is I want. I get to chose.

I can't change what happened in the past...I can't change all the tough stuff....or trauma or hurt. But I can make choices that effect how I'll live my life moving forward. 

Those things that happened....shaped who I am...they made me me.....a fighter....someone who refuses to stay down no matter what. I learned from the streets....and from the things I had to fight....to never give up.....and I learned.....that things change...and they eventually do turn around for the better. 

And the thing that matters most.....the people who hurt me...couldn't touch my spirit.  I have scars on my body from what happened.....but none on my soul....

I'm grateful to be alive....and for each day to draw in a breath and have  opportunities to live my best life. 

Today.....I choose courage....and gratitude....I won't let what happened define who I am or dictate how I move through the world anymore. And I'm not alone.....there are so many like me.....fighters....who refuse to stay down.....who're fighting to live their best lives too. 

Today...is a fresh slate and I get to chose.....