Are you settling with something you do not want in your life? Do you feel bad because of it and want to get out of what you are settling for? People will make all sorts of choices that they think are right at the time. These choices can come back and bite us in the butt. We thought it would turn out a completely unique way than it ended up happening. Deep down though you will be able to see where everything went wrong. You will play Monday morning quarterback? We all do this look at things after they happen and go, we should have done this or that to have changed the outcome. I noticed today it was a slight change, but I enjoyed it as a gift. I was going out to eat for lunch today and the place I wanted to go to the sign said, “back in fifteen minutes.” Don’t you hate when you see that, or it frustrates you and you think “now what? Luckily, I looked a few doors down and there happened to be a restaurant that was selling similar things. I ended up trying it, loving it and ended up getting something that was better than I expected. I thought I was going to be eating and doing one thing and ended up doing something better out of limited control of my own. That to me is something that I get excited about when it happens in the world. When a door closes and a better one opens. It can happen at any point and time and that is when I am grateful for the things that happen. One day it could be a restaurant and another day it could be meeting someone special. Thinking you were expecting one thing and then going “I think I like this even more.” Today was a little victory day, but they add up to big victories and can make you smile. Do you feel hopeful for things to get better? Are you at peace with how things are now? I am certainly not at peace with how things are now but understand how to make them better. This summer has had its odd moments and things I was not expecting and has ended up being pleasantly surprised. When we want to try new things, we may change our appearance to initiate that we are becoming a new person. You will usually notice something about the person is different and they are not acting as you know them. This is because everybody changes, and we change constantly. Sometimes it can be irritating or make us sad and wish for the old person. Sometimes we notice the recent changes are better and let the person know we support them. Everybody wants to feel noticed for at least one thing, and I am sure everyone has something positive they should feel noticed for. I like when people hide the parts of themselves others do not like because I try to notice it. People can feel forced to be authentic at that point and to me it is refreshing when it happens and everything unfolds.