Icame across a quote on a Facebook page I frequent. The phrase, "Choose your hard," is attributed to a poem by Devon Brough which offers examples of choosing the "hard" that leads to positive outcomes over the "hard" that results in suffering.

As a writer who is constantly seeking inspiration, and as a person with lived severe mental illness who has endured many challenges, and just as a human being living in turbulent times, this quote resonated with me because it asks us to be intentional about the choices we make in our lives.

Life will always present us with challenges. We can choose either to avoid them or to face them. Rather than trying to avoid difficulty in our lives, it’s possible to have an active role in which difficult situation we choose to engage.

When (or if) we deci

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