Wearing many different hats

I've shared with you many things. My heroes, passions, family, emotions, loves, memories, ups and downs.

At times it's been personal, yet many can relate to the different hats I wear. There's a daughter, mother, wife, sister, co-worker, friend, granddaughter, writer, reporter, classmate, neighbor, silent onlooker, teammate, fighter and peacemaker in me. One day means fire and one day means bright light. I'm as colorful as a rainbow, just like anyone else, have my bad days and good. This is life as we well know.

But, one things for certain and has always been and that's my innate passion to march to the beat of my own drummer. Following the nice, cleared path that is expected is not the way for me.

Never has been and never will.

It's not easy fighting the way down the path of most resistance. There's a lot of brier patches that can trip one up along the way. And then there are the days when taking the untraveled path is just down-right painful. I've shed a lot of tears, been called names, pushed around and maybe even been taken advantage of, but like Friedrich Nietzsche said, "That which does not kill us, makes us stronger."

I've been told I'll never graduate college, that I should just shut-up, that I'm a loser and a stupid girl for taking the path I've chosen.

Since then I've graduated (wasn't easy and I'm STILL paying student loans), I speak my mind even when I know others will hate it AND I stand up for what I believe in -- which takes a lot of courage, heart and passion.

It's too late to turn back now. Some days it's dark as can be and the only way through is by stumbling along and clearing out whatever is blocking the path... It's no walk in the park, no one's there to hold my hand and there's sure not anyone leading the way.

It's a lonely way going, but the path never fails to lead me right where I need to be.

And no one can ever accuse me of taking the easy way out...

* Too many girls follow the line of least resistance, but a good line is hard to resist. -- Mae West

* The path of least resistance makes all rivers, and some men, crooked. -- Napoleon Hill

* Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance. -- Samuel Butler