Today's episode is a conversation surrounding the pressure that comes with our timeline of achievements,  a new month, and the year fast running to an end. It is that time of the year when anxiety sets in about unfulfilled plans even in a year that has shown us how minute of control we have over our lives. Today's conversation is about being patient, giving ourselves grace, and the flexibility of time as we deliberately choose joy even when it seems our plans have fallen apart. Today's poem is called CHOOSE JOY CHOOSE JOY Decide to choose joy When your plans fall by the wayside And your heart is blinded; Even when your soul is downcast in you Decide to choose joy Like an outburst of water to a dry brook Decide to choose joy Deliberately, intentionally and purposefully This story still ends well, Even when you may not understand how And even when understanding Doesn’t change your emotions Until the waiting ends And the work in you is done Decide to choose joy