There are two kinds of crossroads.

First, the external.

The crossroads at life beyond your control places before you.

The abrupt changes, the sudden twists, the tragedies, even the occurrences we don't quite understand, and so chalk them up as fate.

And then there are the internal, the crossroads that you manufacture, the ones that are self-create, self-induced.

The, you know what, I've had enough of this crossroads.

The I deserve better crossroads.

There's more out there, and today I'm going to find it.

Crossroads.

And I don't think the two are mutually exclusive.

In fact, I think sometimes when we wait too long to manufacture our own crossroads,

life steps in and gives us a little nudge.

The universe pushes us towards that change like a wind at our back.

Doesn't quite make things black and white.

Doesn't always put a catastrophe in front of us.

Sometimes it's the mere whispering that, hey, you're accepting more pain, more friction than you should be.

It reminds us to take accountability, to take control of life, something that we seemingly

forget more often than we should.

One of my favorite stories is Jim Rohn's famous epiphany or lightbulb moment.

The point where, you know, you basically realize is enough's enough, right?

I'm creating a crossroads here and going down the road that I've known for a long time I should have walked down. And it all starts

with a knock at his door. It's a Girl Scout, right, trying to sell him cookies. He walks

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