I am the Captain!

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud
Under the bludgeonings of chance
my head is bloody, but unbowed

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
looms but the horror of the shade
and yet the menace of the years
finds, and shall find me, unafraid

It matters not how strait the gate
how charged with punishments the scroll
I am the master of my fate
I am the captain of my soul!

"Invictus," a poem by William Ernest Henley is very true indeed and a fitting welcome to my new blog. I control my own fate, GOD gave us the gift of FREE WILL! The decisions that I have made in the past have placed me where I am at the moment. If I do not like it ... I only have myself to blame. So to change ... I must own up to my failures and let it not become obstacles to my success ... take responsibility for my past decisions and actions that have placed me in such a financial mess. Our past experiences should not make us BITTER individuals. Instead it should make us grow into BETTER persons.

But the good news is that I can begin anew and rewrite my own future ... because my past do not have to define my future! The biggest and hardest obstacle to change is ME. If I can overcome myself, change my attitude, and thinking ... then I can change the course of my life for the best.

"No one can go back and make a brand new start. But anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending."

Thus, I begin a journey to our family's financial freedom ...