I have so much to lose if I keep climbing - my bags are beyond full. However, I'm starting to realise that it is not about losing your bags, but about gaining your freedom.

People come and go, but in the end, it's always you climbing. Friends are those who keep climbing along with you, instead of weighing you down. If you feel like you need to sacrifice your friends to keep climbing to the top....I don't think those people are your friends.

Don't get me wrong. Sometimes, we need to slow down and stop so that those important to us can catch up. It's healthy to look after those you surround yourself with. Sympathy and empathy keep the world spinning.

IT'S OK TO BE SAD, but never let your sadness undermine all your efforts and hard work. If something is not under your control, don't force your hand. If something IS under your control, then you better put in all you can to make the flower blossom.

Just because you lost me as a friend, doesn't mean you gained me as an enemy. I'm bigger than that, I still wanna see you eat, just not at my table. - Tupac Shakur.

I don't want to forget who I am...who I have become. This thread will be a constant reminder that I will always strive to be better than yesterday.