Change

You will not be the same person a year from now. You must decide which way you will grow.

-Brianna Wiest

The beautiful thing about life is every second, every minute, every day, you have a new chance to change. You are given another chance to grow, to be better, and to do better. So many people let their past define them. They let their mistakes, their struggles, or heartbreaks define why they are the way they are...in a negative way. They let their pasts be a reason to be selfish and hurt people, or they let their pasts be a reason to keep feeling pain...when in the end, they're really only hurting themselves.

Every single day, society is evolving, people are changing, life's challenges get more complex.... we all have pasts. We all have some sort of baggage, pain, troubling experiences, etc... but you get to decide which direction your life goes. You get to decide if you want to be better than your past. And you are in control of the potential hurt you cause someone else. But you are also in control of the pain you cause yourself in the end.

Came from nothing? Work harder. Had crappy parents? Be better. Had crappy relationships? Do better. Want more for your life? Provide more.

It all starts from the moment you wake up. Who do you want to be? What do you want as your end game? Are you okay with what you have if you were to die tomorrow? Are you okay with who you have been if tomorrow did not come?

Only you can decide which way you will go, and how much you will grow.