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Decide to start where you are.

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We made love, and it was so good that I think I’m crazy to leave her. That makes it sound like it’s sex, but it’s afterwards that counts: She told me that these past three months she’s been on a high. I guess I’ve been taking her for granted, but now I see that there’s never been anyone I cared for as much as I do Ronna.

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Not knowing. Thoughts of not knowing became my new distraction mechanism along the remaining ascent.

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Sometimes it feels lonely. It feels like you’re the only one who sees the light at the end of the tunnel, what lies on the other side, the magic that could happen if everything goes right.

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Being fearless does not mean that you never feel fear, but it’s about how you deal with it. The next time you feel fear, embrace it, examine it, and if it feels right in your heart and gut, move boldly toward it.

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Had you not picked the path that you did, you always would have wondered.

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It’s okay to lose time spent on something you do not want.

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Years later, you wake up in a home that Mom would approve of with a spouse Mom would approve of in an outfit that Mom would approve of, but where are you? Where is your voice in making these very real life decisions?

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But isn’t making decisions based on someone else a hell of its own? Isn’t living an inauthentic life the worst decision you could possibly make?

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Every time you are going to make a choice and commit to certain thing, ask yourself whether it fits well the life you would like to live.