Victory Is Always Sweetest When...

"Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat."
-Malcolm Forbes

I've felt defeated many times in my life. MANY times.
I was defeated because I FELT defeated.
Defeated by my own beliefs, my own views, my own thoughts.
Yet, I couldn't see past them. I couldn't see anything other than what I could see.
I was blind to any other possibilities.
Except for what I already KNEW was possible.
That is the limited view I've had. Limiting beliefs lead to a limited view.
I've been my worst enemy, many, many times.
I know I keep saying this, but I sabotaged myself, a lot.

It's very hard to describe it, that I have to write around it.
I can only describe the describable parts.

It's like big changes are on the horizon and it feels weird.
I keep thinking there's something very unexpected about to happen.
Unexpected in a good way, I hope. Been thinking a lot lately.
Which isn't always such a good thing haha.
With the new year coming, I feel strange. Not necessarily a bad strange,
just wondering what next year will bring. My cousin posted a picture
of a comic strip thing where one character says to the other:
"What do you think next year will bring?"
He says, "365 opportunities."
We always have another way to look at it.
The way we look at it isn't the only way.
Every day is an opportunity. We just rarely see it that way.
If ever really considered it that way, many don't.
What else could change when we start seeing it that way?
Or any other way that days aren't just days?