Choose Something Better | 3.9.21
Today, I’m asking a favor from all of you, take one minute to take a deep few breaths and remember this simple truth: You’re the author of your own story. We lose sight of this, and often, falling into this strange misconception that we’re just character actors in our own lives, that we’re not the star of our own show. We let others dictate our path, our joy, our peace with ourselves, and we do this in a million different ways. We start believing that the story we’re being told about ourselves is the story, and that all we can do is live it out.
My goodness folks, how wrong this is. There’s a line in the movie Vanilla Sky that has stuck with me every moment since I first heard it. “Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around.” There is so much beautiful truth in this, and again, the saddest part is how often we lose sight of it.
Gently, I ask you to reflect today. Reflect on the life you’re living, the person you’re becoming, and ask yourself if you’re on the path YOU wish to be on, if you’re the person YOU wish to be. If there is hesitation, if there is an ounce of trepidation, stop, and ask yourself who is writing your story, and why it is not you. You can choose something better, you can tell a new tale, fresh and honest, and you can begin again. There is nothing but strength in this, in refusing to acquiesce a moment longer with the way things are. You’ve got it in you, and even if you don’t see it, I do.
Look for new stories, tell them to us now.
Look for new stories,
tell your tale fresh and honest,
choose something better.
Haiku on Life by Tyler Knott Gregson
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I'm turning 50 this year, and writing some completely new chapters. My entire life, anywhere I've lived, there have been other people living there too. 7 years ago, I bought a house that felt like home the moment I first walked the yard with the realtor. It's outside city limits on 3 acres. Neighbors are spread out and hidden among the trees. Wildlife abounds. I was married then, and we thought a new start would fix the problems in our relationship (only the address changed) and we'd spend our empty nest years here. Instead, kids moved back after college (at different times), and we divorced after 27 years. In a few weeks my daughter and her growing family are moving out to their own home in a neighboring town. For the first time in my life, I will be living completely by myself. It will be a major adjustment, but I'm looking forward to the opportunity to write my own story without anyone else as a subtext. Time to turn the page and start living the next chapter!
When I dumped the anger, the blame and all the bad stories a couple years ago, I was liberated to start a new life. I even changed my name and got a tattoo! However, it took the death of my mom - my very best friend to get there. Sometimes it takes a shock to the heart to make you realize that you make your life - nobody else. This is an amazing post today Tyler.