Onward

I pick up the book titled Onward by Howard Schultz the founder and CEO of Starbucks. And I contemplate for a moment what it means to me that I have picked up this book at this time in my life and how I have had to find a way to move onward with my life. 

Moving on is not mutually exclusive of being sad to let go of the past - along with the hopes and dreams that came to pass or did not nor the excitement of what the future holds and how I cling to the belief that each and every part of my past makes me who I am to carry me into the future that will somehow be better than my past. 

I struggle to find the line between yearning for things that I so wish would have happened. How my life might have turned out or the dreams that I chose not to push hard enough to fulfill. To finding the hope, the wish and the fortitude and tenacity to make my new dreams come to fruition without being just a dreamer - and knowing there is hard work still to be done. 

I relish in the idea that God created me as a one of a kind. Because of that, I have much to contribute. I have reasons for having the energy and persistence that I do. I have the background from the things I have experienced. Through it all learning how to love, how to be and show love, and the hardest part for me - to receive love. 

So, Onward is not just a book for me. (while I read this one that way). I know that Onward is my mentality, it is my mantra, it is my way of life...keep moving forward - because better is still to come.