Believing in yourself and making your decisions

There comes a point in time when everyone feels defeated.

It's hard to believe in yourself when everyone else keeps putting you down and questioning your choices.

And then the reflection commences...

Were the choices your own or were they led to you by varying factors?

Just placed in front of you conveniently, which makes it easier. Or perhaps they were placed on your shoulders like shoulder pads that can't be removed. Most of the time it's a combination of both. 

Then the epiphany hits you.

Time to start making your own damned decisions!

It's going to be a battle, definitely. More epic than any fantasy sequence you've ever encountered before.

There will people who will still put you down, who won't understand why you're doing the things that you are doing. Block those people out. Don't linger on negativity.

There will be people who support you, who will lend you whatever resources and strengths that they can. Thank them and channel their positive spirit to help you get to where you want to go.

All this leads to one thing...

Learning from the past and knowing when to believe and trust yourself to make the right decision... Not for anyone else but for you.