Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.

“I will act now.  I will act now.  I will act now.  Henceforth, I will repeat these words each hour, each day, everyday, until the words become as much a habit as my breathing, and the action which follows becomes as instinctive as the blinking of my eyelids.  With these words I can condition my mind to perform every action necessary for my success.  I will act now.  I will repeat these words again and again and again. I will walk where failures fear to walk.  I will work when failures seek rest.  I will act now for now is all I have.  Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy.  I am not lazy.  Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed.  I am not a failure.  I will act now.  Success will not wait.  If I delay, success will become wed to another and lost to me forever.  This is the time.  This is the place.  I am the person.”

– Og Mandino

For every moment of doubt, “did I do the right thing?”  For each moment of the internal battle to find exactly what I seek, “it never turns out to be what I thought I was,” this is my mantra.  I will not sulk.  I will not break.  I will not continue to bend for something, someone or an idea that refuses to resonate with me.  How dare I shortchange my life- after being given the gift of beating cancer and thriving in singleparentdom.  How dare I settle.