Remember that every day is an opportunity

Last time we were together I asked you, “Which direction will you choose to take?”

I’m hoping that you have started taking those necessary steps in the right direction for you.

So now, as you read this with me today, I begin by asking you, do you have the ability to change your past? Your answer should be no! Now, I am going to ask you, do you have the ability to change your future? And the answer every time should be YES!

No one can take back what they’ve done or even what others have done to you, but every single one of us has the opportunity given to us every day to change the direction we are going, no matter what’s happened thus far in our life.

I am here to tell you it takes courage to let go of everything you’ve known yourself to be, to trust a version of you that you can’t see, but today it must be done!

You see, the road less traveled tends to be the roughest because few have had to conquer it, but the greatness of those that have made it to the end is that they live to tell it.

Here is your chance to live! Your chance to make the wrongs right! To go pick up the pieces of yourself that you have lost along the way. You no longer must be the shadow of your wanted reality.

The shadow of your past is not the reality that you have to live in. There is more to life than this! You just can’t see it yet, but you have to say yes now to live in what you want to see later. That takes courage and hope!

But to see the future you want, you must break through barriers and change your perspective. Every person will have different barriers that must fall to continue moving forward, so only you can answer which ones are in your life that are keeping you stuck and stagnant.

I had to learn when a perspective doesn’t change, a mindset doesn’t change. And when a mindset doesn’t change, a person’s life will never change. So, we must stop holding ourselves back from our freedom!

Today, we all have a choice to find the key that unlocks the prison we have found ourselves in, within our minds. I am here to tell you that your life is worth living; it’s just our perspectives that now must be altered so we can start living the life that was meant for us from the very beginning.

You see, there was a time in my life when I lived in darkness, had no hope for the future, and tried ending my own life, but now, I am here, walking the road less traveled, and now living to tell the story.

I once looked at the world from only one view, but then one day, my perspective changed. Now, it’s not about what I see in the present, but it’s about what I don’t see that holds my future. I learned your past does not define who you are; it merely helps give meaning to your future.

So, take a moment and picture yourself on the other side of your perspective. “There waits someone you have never met.” You think to yourself, if a man can communicate without saying anything at all, then why does it take one word or one action to cause such a tragic fall. That person on the other side is speaking to you, waiting for you; you just haven’t arrived yet. More extraordinary things are ahead for you, and this is not the end for you, which is why you must change your perspective because you must not quit but press through to find your destiny.

No matter who you used to be, you must remind yourself there’s more for you! Better for you! A happier version of you, but your perspective must change.

Your actions are forced now to be rearranged, all to get to one place, to see one face. It just takes you saying yes to start walking into that unknown place! A place you have cried out to be in but have never known, a place you never thought you’d get to, to see a face that looks in the mirror and smiles. A smile you get to see that’s finally free!

Today, we must make the most of this opportunity to change ourselves, our lives, in this very moment! I know you are traveling through a maze of unknown truths but don’t allow fear to be your final destination. Instead, be someone who can mess up, get up, brush yourself off, and still choose not to give up! Fear has stopped you! Doubt has hindered you! But your choice today to rise and stop giving up is going to be the answer to keeping you alive to tell the story. So, I ask you again, Do you have the ability to change your future today? Good, now do it!

Amber M. Brown is an evangelist, spiritual motivator and a traveling evangelist out of Poplar Bluff. She is the founder/CEO of Rise To The Mission International, the author of 2017 release, “Rise To The Mission,” as well as the co-author of 2020 release, “Shaking Hands with Wisdom.”

She works full-time for a non-for-profit, certified community behavioral health organization and is extensively involved in public relations and community networking in the mental health field. Brown always encourages others to never count themselves out; but count themselves able.