push forward, move ahead

Don't let your current situation define who you become.

I just watched 'The Pursuit of Happyness' last night.

It reminded me of the intense financial struggle I had during the early years of my child's life.

A single mom.  I lost my job during the latter part of my pregnancy when I ended up on bed rest for a month. I gave up smoking and drinking when I found out I was pregnant which, looking back, would have been my 'go to's' for stress relief.  I had to retrain my brain to de-stress in healthy ways.  It was hard. I learned to maintain a daily hourly date with my exercise bike on rainy days and walked for an hour on the other days.  Although I had always ridden my exercise bike with some dedication, the walking was new and not so easy.

 It was a very rough time for me and unfortunately, just the beginning of daily struggles and multiple failures.  But I was blessed.  I had a healthy child and a lot of chutzpah. If you learn anything about me it should be that I do not give up.  I don't forget either, but that is for another time and another place.

So readers of mine, I am trying to relate to you the fact that sometimes life is hard.  Sometimes it sucks. Sometimes you can see that others are moving ahead and becoming successful and life seems to be passing you by.  I have seen through my own eyes that life may not become what you dreamt it would be.  Things happen.  People happen...even unGodly people can find their way into your life.

But...you must be strong.  You must persevere and develop tunnel vision for your future.  You must create the life you want and you must ignore whatever you come to learn about others that could send you into the abyss.  Follow the path and use the talents that God has given you, because the gifts that you have been given, will get you to where you will want to be.