The road we want to be on

We've all heard about the road we're on. But is it the road we want to be on? This may seem like it should be addressed to the young, but no matter our age if we aren't happy with the road we are on we need to change it.

As my motto is "life is too short," I feel we need to work to find the road we should be on. If in your day to day life you aren't happy; it is time to stop and take stock. I fully believe that no matter our age if we aren't happy there is something we can do about it. I am proof of that. I am 47 and I, in the last couple of months have made significant changes in my life that have totally improved the quality of it.

My relationship was rocky and I was having a hard time trying to figure out how to fix it. Then I had my reading and I learned that it wasn't up to me to fix everything. The issues I was dealing with were not only mine to fix. The only one I could fix, the only road that was appropriate for me to be on was my own road. That didn't mean leaving my boyfriend, it just meant that, for a time, I have to concentrate on myself some more. He is an everyday fixture and I wouldn't have it any other way, but now I realize that when the curve in the road came up before me, instead of staying on the old road, I took a new road.

Now I have been focusing on heading down the proper road and I know that I am on the proper road because more days than not I am very happy.

If you have doubts about the road you are on then it probably isn't the correct one. What is it that is important to you? What can you do to make what is important to you come to the forefront of your life?

I am a big advocate of everyone taking special time to themselves. Everyone needs alone time. Alone time give us perspective of our lives. Without interruptions and pressure we can focus on ourselves. That isn't being selfish, it is just self-preservation.

So when you take your time and you examine the road you are on and you feel it isn't the right one, know that you have the strength within yourself to make the changes necessary. We all have it whether we believe it or not. I have found that with the support of my friends and family and my boyfriend I have discovered what I need within myself to finally pick the right road for me.

It doesn't matter where your strength comes from, you have it, so use it.