Turn The Page

Have you read a great book? One that has you on the edge of your seat? A great book is hard to put down. You hang on every word of the best chapters and immerse yourself into all the little details. You want to finish it to know the ending, but you don't want it to end.

It's a perfect metaphor for life, don't you think? You have to turn the page to experience the whole story. You have to read the next chapter.

So far, my life is an exciting, comical, adrenaline pumping, heartbreaking, breathtaking, often surprising, adventure. I'm happy about that, but sometimes I wish I could re-write a chapter or stay on a certain page. Sometimes, I cling to a certain story and refuse to turn the page to the next plot twist.

We are all writing our own book to some degree, aren't we? With our choices, our focus and who and what we allow in each chapter. It just doesn't feel that simple when you're the main character in the heartbreak, betrayal or other difficult life event. If the book was all roses and puppy dogs with no turmoil or adversity wouldn't it be boring? Yet, that's what most of us are hoping for in day-to-day life.

I recently forced myself to turn the page to a new chapter. Looking back at all the chapters before this one, you would think I would be excited about the possibilities and adventures ahead. Yet, I wanted to stay. My fears and broken dreams keep me clinging to a page that only causes me pain and stifles the possibilities right in front of me - if only I would turn the page.

I need to start writing the next chapter. It's my choice. Write or don't write. Turn the page or don't turn the page. Surrender or don't surrender. These are those choices that shape the book of our lives.

It's time to continue writing the best book I've ever read.