“Understanding your own story is the most beautiful parts of all this … when you finally feel well, the possibilities are endless.”

and …

“Remind myself to say “yes” in every moment as it arises exactly as it is, instead of always longing for it to be something different.”

I love that. I am trying to do that with my own life, opening myself up to the possibilities and saying yes to things that I wouldn’t normally say ‘yes’ to. Just the other day, Andrew Woods asked if I wanted to join his Jingle Bells 5k Run & Walk team and I actually said I’d do it. Well, what I actually said was, “you’re on like donkey kong” – but you get the point.

At this moment, I am going to register, train and see how far I can get. If I don’t actually race because I am a completely out of shape sack of potatoes, then at the very least I will have gotten off my ass and started exercising. Just the thought of doing something like this seemed impossible just a few months ago because of my brief stint with depression. Now I feel like I can do anything.

And hey, if a Filipino crooner on youtube can be the new lead singer of an 80s rock band, then just about anything seems possible if you first just say, ‘yes.’