Changes

In the beginning of 2016, I told myself (in a very long and heart felt conversation) that I would no longer entertain failure. Nor excuses. Nor allow my heart to make decisions for my life.
As the year has progressed, I have held firmly to these beliefs. I wake up and I make these new beliefs priority in spite of what habit dictates. I eat better. Sleep better. Exercise. Pray. I do what I belief to be logical for my overall health and well being as opposed to leading with my heart. My heart is very large, yes, but even its vastness has no place leading my entire life. Leave that to the lord and this brain he gave me to do what is best suited for me.
Today, April 8, 2016—-as I take this very impromptu selfie—i realize that my choices are beginning to pay dividends. I’m proud of the man looking back at me. And I feel the joy of what may come washing over me again. This may seem like nothing to some, but it once felt impossible to me. I am alive inside once again. And I’m so pleased to be back. This is indeed living.