I am not my thoughts
I am my breath
I am not always right
I am what is left
I am not my past
I am what remains
I am not rigid
I am change *

We are what we are. Formed by where we have come from, influenced by many people along our path, we are the way we are because of cumulative life events.
  It all adds up, but is not the sum of our self.
  The seasons and the years of our past remind us, often, of where we have been, but that is not it. We are more than our troubles, greater than our achievements and failures, and more significant than we realize.
  We need to shift our thinking from what has happened to what can happen.
  Look ahead.
  Keep changing.
  Put the distance between what you were so you can go the distance and see what you can be.
10/30/2017                                   j.g.l.

*Sankalpa © 2016 j.g. lewis