“March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life’s path.”

Progress, not perfection.  That’s a motto I have been trying to follow more and more every day. I feel there has been progression in my life,  even though in the past, it’s been a lot of 2 steps forward, 3 steps back. But I  don’t know. it feels different this time. Feeling this is it….finally things are coming together.

I was a self sabotager. I believed the lies others, and I told myself. I was a quitter. When the tough got tough, instead of plowing through, I made excuses. I quit. I was a perfectionist. Nothing was ever good enough, so I gave up. Wouldn’t even try. Notice I said WAS. Got to the point where enough was enough and asked myself, “What the hell am I doing?”

I am worthy of good things and a good life. And so is everyone else. Sure, we all go through things and have experiences that beat us down, but we can’t stay down. We are all gods and not servants, slaves to the negative. Slaves to the shackles we let others put on us or on ourselves. No more letting the sleeping giant lay… time to wake up.

So, no more letting others dictate or write my story. No more being a slave to the BS the outside world throws my way. I’m getting too old for that. Life is for living. Will it be perfect? No. But I’m not looking for perfection anymore. Progress, that’s forward thinking.