you are not a hapless victim of circumstance
you are not a helpless victim of your surroundings
you are a victim of the choices you make

you find yourself at a place where the path diverges
-your own personal yellow wood-
many times over every day

you stand at the fork and look
you have options
each path has its own set of challenges
each path has its own set of difficutlies
(real or perceived)
(after all, what is perceived is real anyway, isn't it?)
each path has its own rewards
its own risks
its own destination

you look at where you are now
you look back at where you came from
you look ahead to where you want to be
and you make a choice
YOUR choice
you can choose to take either path
no one else can decide this for you
you can choose the easy road with the pretty flowers that goes the wrong way
you can choose the path with the ugly muck and dark clouds that ends up where you want to be

it is YOUR choice
what are you going to choose?

you reach a decision and take a path
knowing full well that some of them, you CAN NOT go back and change your mind after you started
sometimes the point of no return is your first step

take your first step

now do it again
and again
and again
every day

welcome to life