First Leaf (1/24/11)

Where and when do we make the conscientious decision to no longer follow the main stream? How does it happen? Looking back, I don't know when I made it. It was a voice so tiny and small that said choose my own path, but I don't know when it first came into being. There have been countless small voices, small choices, small thoughts and small actions that have created a mountain of unshakable will inside me. Yet discovering wear it began is as unfathomable as the first leaf that created the forest. Somewhere back there in my history is a small voice that said do what is in my heart, I am thankful for that, and proud of my first small choice to follow it.