13/12/2023
And when you make that choice, ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐, ๐ฌ๐๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐โ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐.From there, it only gets tougher. So, make sure this is something you truly want because the easy way out will always be there, ready to wash you away. All you have to do is pick up your feet.
But you're not going to, are you? With each step, comes the decision to take another. You're on your way now, but this is no time to dwell on how far you've come. ๐๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ก, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐๐๐ค? You know who that is? That's you.
๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐, ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ฒ. But don't lose heart. While they aren't easily defeated, they're far from invincible. Remember, this is the grindโthe battle royal between you and your mind, your body, and the devil on your shoulder telling you this is just a game, just a waste of time, and that your opponents are stronger than you.
Drown out the voice of uncertainty with the sound of your own heartbeat. Burn away your self-doubt with the fire underneath you. ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐'๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ, ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ. She can turn on a dime with the smallest mistake. She's always searching for the weak place in your armor, that one little thing you forgot to prepare for.
So, as long as the devil is hiding the details, the question remains: ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ? ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐? And when the answer is yes, and you've done all you can to prepare yourself for battle, then it's time to go forth and boldly face your enemyโthe enemy within.
Only now, you must take that fight into the open, into hostile territory. You're a lion in a field of lions, all hunting the same elusive prey, with a desperate starvation that says victory is the only thing that can keep you alive. ๐๐จ, ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
Grateful for another year around the sun, finding myself at the perfect intersection of time and place, doing precisely what I need to be. Here's to embracing the cosmic alignment of existence, celebrating the journey, and making this year the finest chapter yet!
@ Patience Chisanga Mayer