The Goal

The goal is not to one day look

back on your life and say, this

is the life I was given. The goal

is to one day look back on your life and

say, this is the life I chose. I chose

my opportunities. I chose the experiences that

shaped me. I chose to pick myself back up

when I stumbled to the ground. I chose to

create my own path. To set forward on my

own great adventure. I chose to believe in

myself – to trust where my heart was

leading me, even when it didn’t make

sense to anyone else. I chose my thoughts,

my beliefs, my feelings – my perceptions of the

world have been entirely up to me.

And I chose to be hopelessly infatuated with

being alive. To not settle for anything less

than perfect. Perfect peace.

This life may be messy and imperfect

and sometimes chaotic, but it’s my messiness.

My beautiful chaos, I chose it once,

and I’d choose it again.

Today. Tomorrow. Always.