“And as the rain fell and the birds kept singing, I realized that freedom is a choice.”

Embrace your own reality.

Though thunder clouds hover tight like a cage, the sun never stops rising on the ones who chase healing.

Wildflowers need water, so I too must not chase away the rain.

Drowning in grey days rising up into blue, I will choose to love myself in all colors.

Some days I am okay, and some days I am not but always, I am worth every struggle.

A note to all that yearns within me: every breath is a possibility.

And although the strands of your soul feel weary today, your worth remains the same – you are graceful amidst pain.

Wherever you are let life find you.

Nature has become a part of me when I am lifeless, I go to her – she is life.

I am breathing in light when light is present. I am choosing to let joy in.

I am giving the present the opportunity to hold just as much joy as the past.

Through the haze, I am journeying. To the light, I am clinging.

I am welcoming a new phase of life with confidence in my potential to progress in spite of my fears.

I am more stretch marks than the skin, more growth than shame.

Though I crave roots grown deep, the truth is I’m something of a wanderer.

I step out, into the pouring rain. What am I if not alive?

When you have made your choice, it is providence that is your guide. Good, bad, or indifferent. Your fate lies in that.

Fitness has always been one of the top priorities in my life because that’s the way I grew up, with soccer being the sport of choice.

Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It’s about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.

I care most about how people live their lives, what choices they make, and how they get the best from themselves.

Have the courage and strength to be yourself. Because there is no other choice. Do you have a choice of being somebody else?

Sometimes people rehabilitate and reform their lives into being a great person when they make awful choices as children.

The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.

The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.