Moving On Chapter Thirty Six by Julianna Rowe

Chapter Thirty-Seven:   Moving On

I made the decision knowing I had been born into control but decided not to die in it. I received my airline ticket via email from Southwest Airlines.  Seat number, and flight number, but no assurance I would live through it. That was obviously up to me.  I had read the books, written the books, and listened to the YouTube videos, but this time I had to stand up and walk the talk. 

I showed up at Gate 9, checked my beautiful, borrowed luggage in, and waited for the call to do what I had been unable to do for decades.  Move on. Growth is the only evidence of life (John Henry Newman) I said to myself trying to convince myself of it.  I was terrified but I needed to stop wearing my wishbone where my backbone needed to be. I heard that somewhere and wrote it in my phone notes.  It popped up at the most opportune time, just then.  And then another: The mind is owned by self and can make heaven or hell or hell of heaven. (John Milton) And then I remembered where I got those from.  Channel 942 on my cable station played soft music as it added these positive sayings to each song. The one that struck me as I heard my boarding call was: “Be miserable or motivate yourself, either is a choice. (John Milton)

With that, I rose and walked the “plank” of my life ship toward the next chapter rising above the wake where the wasted lie in wait for their next victim, no longer me.

“I am not a product of my circumstances but a product of my decisions (choices)! “Stephen R. Convey. 

The End

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