It’s true.

We don’t have to be this way.

You know what’s also true?

That we weren’t always this way.

Which means we became this way.

And therefore we can become something else.

How we are right now is not permanent. Nor is it necessary. But it is a choice. And we can always choose to do it differently.

And just as important? If we feel stuck and choose to remain stuck, then we are no longer the victims of bad circumstances. We’ve made a choice. Which means, either way, this choice is on us.