There's a theme that keeps popping up, when I'm reading other ladies profiles. It's not alway overt, but most often lies just under the surface. It's called baggage.

After a very intense conversation with my brother this morning on the baggage he carries and chooses to do nothing about, it once again has hit home to me that a true test of a person's character is how they handle their own baggage. We all have baggage and unfortunately some baggage is heavier than others. We can either allow that baggage to define who we are or we can use that baggage to help us redefine and shape ourselves into who we choose to be. Unfortunately, his choices are very limiting and he continues to wallow in his own muck. I choose a different way.

I get up every morning and choose to create. I choose to take an active role in the world around me. Some days I am better at it than others, but I don't let anything stop me from trying. It's the journey that counts and not where I might end up. I am an invested stakeholder in my future. I will not allow "shoulds" and "coulds" to define who I am. Rather, I am responsible for what I choose to do. The key word here is DO. The "shoulds" and "coulds" can keep their own company, for I have not place for them. If it is not about creating and actively participating in life, then I am not interested.

Time to go start my day. I've got drums to play and children to teach.