Today is mine… It belongs to me! Nothing and no one can stand in my way but me. No one can hold me back except me. I realize that I am the only one who truly has a hard time believing.   So I step out of my own way… I release my own shirt tails… I close my eyes, take a deep breath, and step forward. …First one step Then another   Instantly, I feel the warm sun on my face. I feel the cool soft breeze against my skin. I feel my heart swell and my spirit soar as I am filled with the possibilities and the promises…

Three of the hardest things I have found to deal with in life are: Accepting the fact that if you are having a problem or a challenge in life, your challenge is no different, not harder nor easier than anyone else’s. Learning how to tell when you are being challenged or when you are facing a problem. Learning to forgive yourself when you screw up. Some of these points might be kind of hard to understand unless you consider the kinds of problems I am speaking about. Point One: I’m not speaking about comparing a challenge at work, to facing Cancer, or an annoying co-worker, to having your home foreclosed.…