It’s amazing how easily life can get in the way of living. Sometimes the distractions can be avoided, but there are times when life just tells you, “You’re my bitch right now and I’m gonna throw everything I can at you.”

I have fallen behind on my writing and have come down on myself hard about it. But sometimes life is that little bratty 3-year-old kid that screams for attention. So I involuntarily took time off to weather the storm of a couple of deaths in my family, helping my girlfriend deal with a tumor that is benign and removed finally! (Her last year has been even more challenging than my own and her strength is a true inspiration) I have also had my car totaled, as well as other things that just seem to keep me away from putting pen to paper.

I have weathered the storm and am now slowly getting back into my writing and making life my bitch again. It feels great.

Life can throw whatever it wants at you, but all of that is nothing more than tests of your character to help you build your resilience and strength. Nothing is too difficult to overcome. Though you can’t control the things that have happened to you in the past, you can control what happens to you in the present, simply by choosing how you react to it.