[This is an ongoing chapter a week story that began with the first Words for Wednesday for 2025 on 1 January. I'm hoping to continue it through 31 December, the last Wednesday of the year. To start from the beginning, click on the Words for Wednesday 2025 label to the right and it will pull up all of the weekly posts, beginning with the most recent. To start from the beginning, continue to click "Older Posts" at the bottom of the page until you get to 1 January 2025, then click "Newer Posts" to read the next date. You can thank Blogger for the inability to list them by chronological order under the labels.]
Vondran continued speaking to Thalion in his dreams, showing him bits and pieces of his life.
"It was difficult for me at times having an absent father. I envied my friends who had both parents and several siblings. But I never gave any of them the satisfaction of seeing me grieve for what I didn't have. I learned early on that it wasn't the combination of mothers and fathers, or siblings that made a happy or fun childhood. It was what I chose to make it, what I chose to focus on. When I wasted my day or night bemoaning what I lacked and wanted, it made it hard for what I needed to find me.
"It is like shouting "Hello" on a mountain top and waiting for the echo to come back to you. When you shout things that you regret, things you hate ... those are the things that come back to you tenfold. But when you shout with joy and celebration all the good things that you do have, then those are the things will come back to you like that "Hello" echo and surround you one hundred times more than you can imagine.
"Choosing to be happy doesn't make you exempt from things that can go wrong in life. But when you find yourself between a rock and a hard place it can help you to knuckle down and overcome any sadness or regret.
"As an only child of a single mother, I spent a lot of time with her and watched how she made choices between what she wanted and what we needed. I was not long in the tooth before I realized that she had sacrificed a great deal to ensure that I would be safe and have a happy childhood.
"She was a beautiful woman, with straw yellow hair, and I'm sure she could have married again so that she would not have had to struggle so hard. But she knew in her heart that one day I could be the true heir, and she did everything she could to ensure that when that time came, I would know what the people needed."
She made brave choices and this is good advice. Look for and celebrate the joy and it comes back to you.
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